Senior politicians in shock at realising that their civil servants simply see them as the latest short-run intrusion into their career-long destiny to run the country themselves, on our behalf. Welco… (View Post)

I remember back when I entered the public sector fresh from uni back in the early 1980s, one of the old lags took me aside and told me the secret to survival, which was apparently to “always keep my … (View Post)

On topic, the most striking thing about yesterday's debate is how many ordinary Labour MPs were willing to pop up and take a critical position in front of their leader (and the opposition sittin… (View Post)

Meanwhile, Freedman's analysis and predictions for the London local elections, done in conjunction with London Centric, is in. The only piece of potential good news he can see for Labour is that… (View Post)

Toast or merely current bun though he may be, none of the conditions for a replacement are yet met. Potential contenders all need time to resolve or put some space behind their various hindrances, th… (View Post)