Possibly Starmer is beatable, but wading through the UK newpapers this afternoon I see nothing in any of the Tory contenders that he has to fear. More to the point, whoever the next Conservative lead… (View Post)

The scale of the hit coming to the UK economy is gathering tsunami proportions. Whoever gets this is going to spend most of their term clinging on to the wreckage. Even the continuing depreciation of… (View Post)

Well, "events, dear boy, events", and in particular a major league set of economic problems which are incoming, will rather limit the freedom of action of the more foam-flecked Brexiters. T… (View Post)

Ben Wallace may not be the brightest match in the book, but he does have the JIm Hacker quality of not having annoyed anyone. In that sense I think this contest will end up a cake walk for him, since… (View Post)

I think there is some evidence that you may be right. The feral desperation with which he clung to office is perhaps another clue. (View Post)