Anyone at a very senior level is to a very large extent reliant on the capability of the people they appoint to delegate doing things to. The issue here is that power in the British government has be… (View Post)

If Reeves had budgeted with a sensible safety margin then the entirely predictable fluctuations of a few £10bn here and there wouldn't affect her budget. (View Post)

Sitting here in Ireland I do find complaints about the humidity and rain from those back in England grimly amusing. You don't know you're born. (View Post)

Let's build a world based on cooperation, community and solidarity for all - except for those bastards who almost completely agree with us. (View Post)

We can see in the opinion poll data that Reform are picking up more votes from Labour than the Lib Dems. And so we'd expect that here, absent any other information, and for the Greens to also pick up… (View Post)