Indeed, the problems with that are the electoral system and that in the popular imagination we had our 'Revolt on the Right' and it's seen to have failed by enough of the population to form a very ef… (View Post)

And there's the Liz Truss problem. It will be fairly easy for Labour to argue that any Tory tax cutting plans that aren't copper-bottomed paid for would risk another Truss disaster. (View Post)

There's a certain kind of very wealthy person - Musk is another - who initially looked down on Trump as a bit of a joke and a confidence trick on the dumb and gullible. But has subsequently come to b… (View Post)

It's the difference between being a 'personality' and a 'communicator'. Rees-Mogg is excellent copy. I'll bet he's batting away offers for Strictly/The Jungle/'Fish Out of Water' docs'. But he's abso… (View Post)

Hmmm but the far left, and often the Tory right too, are usually those who are Starmer's best friends because by and large their criticisms aren't based on that and underperforming on his own terms, … (View Post)