I'd be perfectly fine with borrowing to invest (in council housing and other things) if Britain wasn't already borrowing £100+bn to pay debt interest, etc. (View Post)

I think Farage absolutely wants to be in the establishment club. I think he wants to be in the room for the accession of the next monarch, for example. In retrospect, had Johnson made him a Lord to m… (View Post)

There are plenty of Executive actions he could take, were he to decide they were necessary. Doing things often comes with a long lead time - you can't just rock up in the Commons and make an ann… (View Post)

I think about how Boris Johnson would sell Rejoin, I can imagine an argument a bit like... "Britain once led a great Empire that achieved great things - abolished slavery, brought democracy, the… (View Post)

If Burnham does not get on with making things happen then his opponents - and events - will intervene to define him in the eyes of voters. It hasn't happened yet, and it may yet turn out well, b… (View Post)