If Starmer sacks Streeting then he provokes Streeting into action, and maybe then Streeting does have the numbers, other people enter the contest (Miliband/Rayner), Starmer loses and ceases to be PM.… (View Post)

Is that news? China - in common with every nuclear power - has opposed nuclear proliferation, and wants the Strait of Hormuz open for obvious reasons. The question is how? I'm sure China would b… (View Post)

What were the five biggest problems for Britain at GE2024? My list would go something like this: 1. Underinvestment in infrastructure - e.g. a lot has been talked about Northern Powerhouse Rail, and … (View Post)

Expectations for the economy were very low, so economic performance is still lacklustre. NHS improvement is slow relative to the scale of the problems that have developed since 2010. If net migration… (View Post)

The computerisation of car engines has been a long process, but my father-in-law was much happier tinkering with engines from the early 2000s and before than afterwards. He had a bit of bother with t… (View Post)