I'd completely agree with that. But the final part is also the point. If you look at Starmer's words - they're followed by praise for Blair and Attlee as PMs who changed Britain in some ways. Mildly … (View Post)

Every Labour Prime Minister since Thatcher (admittedly that's only 2), and now its likely future one has said something warm about herat some point, when all three were vehement opponents (One imagin… (View Post)

There's little doubt about Forbes' intellect. But the problem for the SNP (and likely boon for Starmer) is that she'd upend 20+ years of SNP strategy in terms of pitching themselves as the Soft Left … (View Post)

You'd say the basic criteria are: 1.) Is the transition relatively orderly? Obviously there's some element of disorderliness in any defenestration of a leader. But an orderly one would be, say, an or… (View Post)

The basic problem with the format now would be that the charts don't move an awful lot week to week thanks to the self-reinforcing nature of streaming (if a track is popular it goes on more playlists… (View Post)