I think the convention is that the PM stays until an alternative commands a majority in the Commons, which was how Brown clung on as long as he did in 2010. (View Post)

That presumes that Labour would be less so. Merkel and Disraeli were both right about coalitions... (View Post)

Yes. It is very parochial. The same people who tend to believe that the NHS is the envy of the world despite no country ever copying it also tend to believe that Mrs Thatcher was responsible for dein… (View Post)

Yes. Like most attempts by politicians to intervene in markets they don't really understand it has been a spectacular disaster. On energy prices specifically, the other thing they could do to re… (View Post)

All central London boroughs are very mixed - lots of ghastly council housing estates, but also lots of new wealth converted apartments for City and West End workers. Sometimes on the same street. Lon… (View Post)