On the NHS fat inspectors. A staple complaint on pb.com has been that Johnson missed an opportunity during the pandemic to encourage the country to get into shape, and that a bit of money spent on pr… (View Post)

I hope Hendy goes. As numerous scandals show, the last thing we want in a minister is a habit for prioritising cover up over honesty and remediation. It's a shame, because his appointment was on… (View Post)

In the tweet you link to it says. "Russian authorities are reportedly highly concerned about losing the entire facility." I'm very sad about all the noxious fumes emitted. Obviously. O… (View Post)

Nate Silver's adjustment for a post-convention bounce puts the result on a knife-edge. That seems very plausible to me. The state polling also looks a lot tighter than the national polling, and … (View Post)

I used to deride Sunak as a paint-by-numbers Chancellor, and I think you could apply the same sort of criticism to Starmer as PM. It's like he's working from the equivalent of a foreign lan… (View Post)