I don't buy the argument that Starmer is a master electoral strategist, marshalling voters only where he needed them, to win a huge majority with an economy of effort. He won a landslide majorit… (View Post)

May - 3 years 11 days Johnson - 3 years 44 days (includes leap year) Truss - 49 days Sunak - 1 year 254 days (includes leap year) Starmer - 53 days not out So, calculated on a cricketing basis, the c… (View Post)

Feudal Britain alive and well. https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/26/my-brother-has-fallen-victim-to-the-retirement-home-transfer-fee-money-grab Why would anyone do the hard work of i… (View Post)

What's notable about the Ukrainian occupation of Sudzha, and other parts of Kursk, it's that the Russian civilians don't seem to care. They aren't telling the Ukrainians to go hom… (View Post)

I was a public sector worker for 14 years - most of those under a Labour government - and never saw a huge pay rise. I've also been signed off work due to poor mental health. It wasn't much… (View Post)