I would agree with all of that, but I would add not just that he doesn't have the political skills, he doesn't have the governmental skills necessary either. He might be able to weather all the polit… (View Post)

Remember that Labour were going to end the psychodramas and disasters, and Starmer was a consummate technocrat and brilliant administrator who would bring back competence and restore stability. And a… (View Post)

Otoh, the words "moronic", "disastrous", "self-destructive", "ruinous" and "suicidal" often described Labour's plans between about 2015 and 2020 on t… (View Post)

Like all big companies, it depends who you get, but I must say my experience of working with Goldman Sachs on a couple of financial transactions is the exact opposite - I found them a bunch of fly-by… (View Post)

I was in central London during the demonstration and counter-demonstration. Not for either - I hadn't even heard about them beforehand. I was showing a South American friend around town, and we kept … (View Post)