and the strangling of local government. Selling the family silver, frittering away the receipts of North Sea oil, stoking the housing market, opening us up to dodgy foreign money, etc. (View Post)

It’s the only thing I can think of that would make me vote Labour, as well. Tragic as it is to have something in common with JHB. (View Post)

Yes, I've heard that story too. There were some more details - about how he started telling exactly the same joke and 'forgot' the punchline in exactly the same place both times. As yo… (View Post)

John Harris in the Guardian yesterday is a good Starmer-critical read. Normally when you see an article like this, you'd suspect it had been 'planted' with a friendly journalist by som… (View Post)

To be fair, that’s common for almost anyone who gets to the centre of power and hangs about there for a while. It’s the principal saving grace of democracy, that it ensures any ruler is got rid of be… (View Post)