Some pundit or other recently opined there are two competing narratives on where it all went pear-shaped, each popular with one or other side of the Commons. 1979, Mrs Thatcher's economic change… (View Post)

Now schools have broken up, the number of young women in particular walking around staring at their phones and blindly stepping off the pavement makes me think 20 mph limits are a poor substitute for… (View Post)

Precisely. As an aside, Burnham does have manifesto cover for devolving power to communities. https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Labour-Party-manifesto-2024.pdf (View Post)

Andy Burnham ready to scale up oil and gas drilling in North Sea https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/andy-burnham-north-sea-oil-gas-gcrz7d007 (£££) (View Post)

Yes, the realpolitik is that the agreement is whatever America says it is, but its unreliable and capricious President must be doing immense harm to the United States by driving custom to its geopoli… (View Post)