An appointment widely considered very savvy politics, and which seems to have actually paid off for the UK, at least until last week. I dislike Mandelson as much as the next man, but his excessive lo… (View Post)

Actually I do get all of that. Starmer’s astonishing insipidness is maddening, and his main ally, Reeves, has been hopeless. However, even accounting for that, the criticism is off the charts. A fair… (View Post)

I don’t really buy this. I just think they fucked the original budget, and first 90 days, leaving them no natural supporters or firewall against a now rabid online right. Governing in 2025 barely res… (View Post)

100%. And there can’t be just the couple of us who want “our country back”, to use the accepted parlance. (View Post)

There are, though, more centrist Dads in the population, than crypto-fascists. The British electorate remains instinctively moderate. Centrist Dads (and Mums) lack a political figurehead equal to the… (View Post)