But he's a lawyer, a quangocrat and a socialist. As he's a lawyer, it will always be somebody else's fault. As he's a quangocrat, the solution will be more power for him and his kind, even if it was … (View Post)

So that's why its approval rating has collapsed and they are third in the polls, despite the last government being pretty rubbish? I was confused for a while, thinking it meant they were utterly shit… (View Post)

I agree with that. Reform isn't an end in itself. And healthcare is an incredibly difficult area to get right - people's expectations will never be met completely with the resources available, and th… (View Post)

I'm afraid you simply don't understand what the EU does or how it negotiates. Nothing with the EU is low-hanging fruit. I have spent too many years of my career trying to make headway in Brussels. An… (View Post)

Rubbish. NHS productivity increased by 1.5% per year between 2010 and the pandemic but only 0.6% between 1997 and 2010 as Brown showered money on the NHS without reforming it, as Blair to do him just… (View Post)