People don't vote in that simplistic way. The parties in Ireland definitely do make those sorts of tradeoffs, and so the voters often don't have the choice of candidate and party that shoul… (View Post)

One of the most important leadership skills is surrounding yourself with quality people who can do things for you. Big leadership jobs really don't suit micromanagers like Brown and May. I think… (View Post)

I fell like it wasn't that bad. Sunak had been the Chancellor for more than two years. He'd warned that Truss' plan wouldn't work during the leadership contest. That gave him some… (View Post)

It's lame. Farage's failure to campaign actively since the Truss Debacle shows that he's not interested enough to put the work in to get anywhere. His decision a week ago not to stand … (View Post)

I don't know. He might rather like it. Giving his oath of allegiance to the monarch. Being allowed to bad-mouth all the other politicians from the green benches - he enjoyed doing that whenever … (View Post)