An underrated factor I think is Trump's mental acuity. It's ignored in a way Biden's often isn't, both because of the assumption Trump's fans don't care when he's been crazy in the past, and because … (View Post)

The simple point, and it's why the actually quite fair, "You sat in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet" attacks don't get much purchase, is that Starmer has shown himself prepared to face down his par… (View Post)

I think Sanders has always been a more interesting figure. During the Corbyn years one got tired of explaining that Sanders showed it was possible to be very left-wing without holding views on foreig… (View Post)

I think a lot of it is about perception. After the first lockdown - which created a 'rally round the flag' effect where people wanted the government to be on top of things, because it would have been… (View Post)

The first lockdown was, viewed without hindsight, sensible I think - although it probably came too late. We didn't know fully what we were dealing with or how our system would cope. It was rational i… (View Post)