This is true, but the transitions are messy. Many of the ex-miners never got other jobs, because they didn't have the skills, experience, training or lived in the wrong place. (View Post)

The other factor with applying for jobs is that you don't know which job adverts are for a job where they already know who they want to appoint, but they're running a sham open job applicat… (View Post)

I think Labour have a poor hand that they are playing poorly, and the prospects for their continued electoral success are accordingly poor. I really don't think that precedent is a good guide fo… (View Post)

Right. Much easier to replace Truss as PM than to find enough Labour backbenchers who can count. (View Post)

I don't agree that the war is existential for the Putin leadership. I think he can survive outright defeat, just as Saddam survived losing Kuwait. I also think that there are few circumstances i… (View Post)