A distinction needs to be made between expertise and improper influence. It would be bizarre if a former PM was unable to receive payment for making a speech about current affairs. At the micro end o… (View Post)

It's certainly part of the establishment (including ideas that most middle-class people take as facts, like gay marriage being fine and climate change being a fact), though I doubt if anyone con… (View Post)

There's an exemption for funerals, so he's allowed to emerge from quarantine for that and then go back in. (View Post)

Yes, that's very perceptive, and as you say we don't know. Traditionally people do tire of absolutely anyone in power, but it can take a long time. While I'd like Keir to be a bit more… (View Post)

Campaigning resumes after tributes conclude on Monday (they might go on a bit so I imagine that means Tuesday), with a pause next Saturday during the funeral. (View Post)