Boris is a stupid person’s idea of what an intellectual looks like. See also Jacob Rees Mogg and his essentially fake pronouncements on constitutional history. (View Post)

Brown and I think Thatcher read political philosophy and economics books “for fun”. They both strike me as more intellectual than Boris, if less interested in the arts. Boris strikes me as pretty gam… (View Post)

No. This is so weak it makes Theresa May’s dash through the cornfields look wicked. Starmer’s issue is that he is plodding, not venal. (View Post)

They will assure us that everything is going wonderfully, as we are “outperforming Botswana and the Solomon Islands”, and this will be lapped up by the Tory press and certain head-in-sand commentator… (View Post)

Depends on your industry, location, age and appetite for risk. There is still a labour shortage, so in theory jobs are easier to find. (View Post)