Starmer is heavily influenced by Blair, and his acolytes, but in a very clumsy manner. As you say, it's by calculation from the conviction that it's the route to electoral success. But at t… (View Post)

I know a lot of people on the left who have said this and I think it's another symptom of our deranged politics. Labour have put up tax (Employers NI) by a chunky amount to fund a hefty increase… (View Post)

Isn't it a bit of a wonder that they're both high at the same time? (View Post)

£1 million when Thatcher left Number Ten is the equivalent of £2.5 million today, thanks to the magic of inflation. Being a millionaire is not what it once was. (View Post)

I think it's a measure of the sense of pervading doom that is emanating from Britain that people don't realise that most other Western countries are also struggling with an ageing populatio… (View Post)