Sunak isn't a "wet centrist" though. He's a weird combination of the things centrists can't stand about the Tory right, and the things the Tory right don't like about their party's self-des… (View Post)

The basic problem Sunak has with his gilded rise is that it also coincided with a time the Tories were playing on easy mode and in government. Thus he's never actually had to deal with political fail… (View Post)

It's the current dynamics of politics. The Tories have been in power for 14 years for one thing - so part of the right-wing vote is anti-government. That's especially true when it's a government that… (View Post)

And on Brass Eye from memory. (View Post)

Labour also should want to shift the tax burden more on to wealth than income, which would mean, as far as is possible, keeping NI and income tax roughly where they are (or even cutting if the fiscal… (View Post)