It's a false dichotomy. My brother-in-law here in Ireland is a welder. A blue collar occupation. So by your argument he would have left school at 16, gone straight into work, learned his trade t… (View Post)

Yes. Here's a question for Kemi, or a journalist, to ask Starmer. "How many times have you spoken to Mandelson since you sacked him as US Ambassador?" Or perhaps, "What favour did… (View Post)

This isn't just about the Ambassador's job. We've heard recently that Mandelson was involved in selecting Labour candidates for GE2024. We know the big money behind Labour at the momen… (View Post)

Yes, I wondered yesterday whether the story about appointing Mandelson as a sleazeball to handle a sleazeball might not be true. The implications being they he was appointed because Starmer is actual… (View Post)

The thing is that the state has realised for centuries that it's an aid to commerce if trade is regulated so that buyers can trust what they're buying from sellers. Hence the standardisatio… (View Post)