Well, the government did find more money to fund a u-turn on the winter fuel payment and on disability benefits. (View Post)

Good to see that Healey is prepared to resign, but he shouldn't have had to. Starmer has said repeatedly that the security of the country is his number one priority. Those words, like so many of… (View Post)

The Peninsular War lasted almost six years. I understand that many Ukrainians regard the war as having lasted twelve years already, since the 27th February 2014 Russian military occupation of Crimea. (View Post)

Obviously the question of whether Burnham can win the by-election is extremely consequential, and has a bearing on the future of Starmer as PM, but the subplot of how many votes Restore will peel off… (View Post)

This is what makes the recent developments with respect to Ukraine attempting to isolate Crimea particularly interesting. Russia and Putin obviously have their maximalist objectives - the whole Ukrai… (View Post)