It was, back when I took on a safe Tory ward there with a majority of a thousand and flipped it to a LibDem ward with similar majority, and held it for the successive five elections (despite Clegg’s … (View Post)

History suggests that unseating prominent ministers is actually quite difficult. He’s a lot more prominent now, in cabinet, than he was in opposition. Voters like having a ‘big name’ MP. Yes, there w… (View Post)

Income isn’t the relevant indicator, though. Wealth is. Since 2008 especially, asset price appreciation has been the issue. The successive minimum wage increases have delivered a reasonable % increas… (View Post)

I will use my daily pic on today’s sunrise, breaking news…. (View Post)

The Sunday Hardman comes out more promptly than the usual but absent Rawnsley; this week’s has been carefully edited to focus on the actual subject of why public inquiries don’t get actioned, to resp… (View Post)