“Austerity” was the right policy in 2010 and had cross-party consensus behind. All the great and good were behind it. The issue was the salami slicing. Protecting the NHS meant employing more people … (View Post)

I also think it’s quite exciting that Badenoch actually grew up in Nigeria. I don’t really doubt her patriotism, and her commitment to this country, even as she is on record in her younger days as pr… (View Post)

I can 100% predict that my annoying friend will soon pivot to “The Tories are racist and they voted for Badenoch precisely because she makes them feel they are not racist”. He has already started ten… (View Post)

Oh absolutely. Perhaps I should say it was “right” and enjoyed wide support within a broader neo-liberal paradigm that is quite clearly deficient in the light of 2024. (View Post)

What I like, and what I presume floating voters like, about Badenoch, is that she’s a conviction politician. She’s a moralist, and I don’t believe we’ve really had one of those with the courage to be… (View Post)