That's definitely true - though it was a mistaken reaction - Miliband hardly bent over backwards to appease the Tory press, he and Balls just desperately tried to split the difference when public opi… (View Post)

Isn't the pushback more about not seeing the bigger picture? I'm sure it's sad that this school has financial problems. But we're talking about a change to tax policy that affects a group of the most… (View Post)

He was when we were allies - less so when Churchill was warning Stalin was a menace to European peace. But that's by the by, whichever you agree with - Corbyn and Starmer have quite different politic… (View Post)

The point with Sunak and why he's been useless is that while there are different routes to a winning coalition of voters, you have to pick one, and a theory of the case, and stick to it. The most obv… (View Post)

What's embarrassing about the policy and with likely bad consequences is the compulsory bit - Cameron already had his 'National Citizenship Service' - is this an admission that was a waste of money? … (View Post)