The politically astute way to present Ed M's chancellorship would be to appoint a new energy secretary who is liked by the oil industry, even while quietly sticking to and accelerating the drive… (View Post)

There's a surfeit of Eds in upper British political life. Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Ed Davey. Well ok, there's 3 of them. Not as many as the high days of Graham/Graeme in the England cricketin… (View Post)

Doing human is important. I'm sure they're all deeply human in real life, but public persona wise there's a lot of robot/alien going on. Starmer: bot Reeves: bot Streeting: human Phili… (View Post)

We're talking complete hypotheticals anyway. As if the Tories are going to agree with Labour to abolish the triple lock. That's fucking with your remaining core vote - you don't do it.… (View Post)

And good evening from the seriously poshed-up (and Russified, but whisper it) city of Batumi, where I'm tucking into a chilled semi-sweet Saperavi from a plastic bottle before dinner. After near… (View Post)