While my understanding on this is the same as Blanche's, kudos to Ben for saying who and why is flagging a thing. (View Post)

The big difference to my mind is that in 74-76, the government was struggling to govern partly due to a wafer-thin majority. PMs in that bracket always elicit some sympathy from me: it takes a massiv… (View Post)

These guys are making Change UK look like laser-focused models of professionalism. (View Post)

Regardless of the wisdom or otherwise of the policy, I marvel that the Reeves/Starmer machine again has managed to expend political capital on a decision without actually making the decision. It's li… (View Post)

All true, but two quibbles: 1) Theresa May had an open goal in 2017 and thought she'd - laudably, in my view - use it to come up with a solution to funding adult social care, and look where that got … (View Post)