My hunch is you’re right. There couldn’t be more at at stake. Who is the safe choice against the chaos of Farage or Badenoch? Who can pull us back from the brink? Tough gig. (View Post)

Timing is everything if you are sceptical that Starmer will lead Labour into GE29. Whoever is next needs a decent runway to save the U.K. from a Farage or Badenoch catastrophe. A lot at stake. Look a… (View Post)

Regardless of what happens to Starmer, it does seem that the relationship between the civil service and political leadership is in an odd place. The political appointment to a normally civil service … (View Post)

Tonight the whole case rests on the idea that having been told repeatedly that Mandleson had passed, he should have not believed them. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. What a shit show. (View Post)

Whilst all the attention is on Starmer, I’m curious on what grounds Mandelson failed the security vetting. Is this what we already know about or something else? The events reported of true do suggest… (View Post)