Last PM who had never been Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary or Home Secretary and who became PM when his party was in power rather than as LOTO winning a general election was the Duke o… (View Post)

Well he won a majority in 2015, it was his error then to call an EU referendum in 2016 without getting sufficient concessions from the EU first (View Post)

Streeting to be honest is more on the Starmer wing than Burnham wing of Labour, though loyal mainly to himself (View Post)

This is also a sign of weakness by Starmer blocking a leadership rival standing for parliament. Cameron by contrast allowing Boris to stand for parliament in 2015 was a sign of Dave's confidence… (View Post)

The NEC can block Burnham being on the shortlist there too as long as it is controlled by Starmer loyalists (View Post)