I think Ruth was popular because of her personality, in particular because of her optimism and lack of pomposity, not because of her identity. (View Post)

Staying in the EU after 17million votes would have imperilled the Union, and democracy generally, far more. (View Post)

I genuinely don't think voters care about the identity politics stuff. If Starmer had articulated any realistic, memorable ideas for making the country a better place, it wouldn't matter wh… (View Post)

I disagree. Talent is subjective, but I can see three or four ministers (Sunak, Truss, etc.) as PM. And they do have a bunch of ideas (planning reform, Get Brexit Done, levelling up, protect the Unio… (View Post)

I'm surprised that Labour is polling so well when you see how barren they are of both talent and ideas, and how badly the centre-left is doing across Europe. (View Post)