He and his team are spinning the Budget impressively too - there's been a story every day about how he's going to give £500 million to this, £1 billion to that. The casual reader will have … (View Post)

Isn't it a bit soon to be deciding how you'll vote in 2-3 years' time, big john? The three of us cross over, in that I did vote for Corbyn, partly from personal affection for him and p… (View Post)

It's perfectly defensible (and not unlike the British system) if it's made clear in advance, which would I think require a constitutional amendment to be clear. It's not acceptable if … (View Post)

From a Local Government Committee briefing - 4 things to scrutinise in spending announcements: Firstly, always check how much of an announcement is new money. HMT worked out long ago to turn their ow… (View Post)

Well, changing the way the President is elected after the election has happened is not a military coup, but it's also not exactly cricket. It would call the validity of American democracy into s… (View Post)