I agree with all that, though I would add that, when it came to persuading voters, Blair was such an off-the-scale genius that putting him in the same league as Boris or David Cameron is probably unf… (View Post)

Rawnsley is good when it comes to internal Labour Party machinations and gossip. He obviously has good contacts there. But when it comes to writing about other parties, especially the Conservatives, … (View Post)

[Much] shorter Rawnsley: voters don't like falling living standards and blame the government but we don't yet know what will happen at the next election. Not sure that's much of an ins… (View Post)

Of the many, many problems inflicted by an old fool's dithering, that's obviously not one. It's been blindingly obvious since the 40s that nuclear weapons have a powerful deterrent eff… (View Post)

Even if they didn't, it's still entirely wrong to harass people for perceived non-crimes just because you object to their views or some other entirely subjective ground. (View Post)