That instinct is certainly there. The trouble is that, overall, alcohol does have a pretty devastating effect on NHS spending, mental health, violence, domestic abuse, obesity, you name it. Anyone wi… (View Post)

I can see the underlying logic now for Badenoch to adjust towards the centre. It's now impossible for her to take on Reform, and there is a yawning chasm in the middle given how weak Labour and … (View Post)

He did say that - but I think he meant up. (View Post)

It would have been much more impressive to have kept someone like Jenrick inside but moderate his messaging into something palatable - which was working until now. And there's no hope of picking… (View Post)

We should call their bluff, can't spend the next decade or so tiptoeing around them. (View Post)