At least Sunny Jim Callaghan was a fair way into the job before he tried the “Crisis, what crisis?” routine. (View Post)

Priapically engorged by Brexit, and mismanaged by May, the Tory Party would have crowned Boris in 2019 whatever Gove might have said at that point. Agree though that he was probably unwise to serve u… (View Post)

In a stable, first world country, which UK decreasingly resembles, the outgoing PM would be working on transition with both candidates precisely to manage the current crisis. Nothing demonstrates tha… (View Post)

So politicians shouldn’t do their job because it’s hot, or because journalists are too annoying? “It’s a view”. (View Post)

Of course he doesn’t. I’m not outraged. I just note the judgment that prizes questionable narrow strategy over the bigger picture of public accountability and indeed leadership during crisis. It does… (View Post)