What is noticeable, as with her first "victory" speech, is the style - Truss doesn't do drip-drip announcements. If she something to say, she assembles it for a big bang, rather than g… (View Post)

That's genuinely funny. Even better that Truss apparentlycan't find ANYONE who wants to serve him as climate change minister. let nobody say that MPs will do anything for a Ministerial titl… (View Post)

Libel is "a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation". It does not need to refer to breaking the law. (View Post)

I'm amazed that 7% of voters even know what Reform is. Are they campaigning in the Red Wall? Do they have constituency associations? Public meetings? Down here I've not heard them mentioned… (View Post)

I think that's right. My reading of Russian politics is that there's little support for liberal pacifism - people may concede that Ukraine has proved a tougher nut than expected, but the cr… (View Post)