I've a little bit of sympathy for him on this - it's clearly embarrassing, but how far are politicians responsible for their relatives' activities and need to be ready to be quizzed ab… (View Post)

I agree about the difficult choices. The tone was an issue, as you say - Sunak looking terribly pleased with himself, Johnson chortling randomly behind him (even when Sunak was talking about sufferin… (View Post)

Enjoyed Opinium's tweet on their post-statement findings: "They only train the Conservative’s on best party to “bring down the national debt and deceit"' (View Post)

On topic, I wonder if the political advantage of people finding NI somewhat obscure (making it easier to raise NI than tax) is working against Sunak here - people register "He's doing somet… (View Post)

I've lost track of how many colleagues, friends and relatives either have it or have just had it, None of them have died, most say it was moderately nasty but over in 1-2 weeks. OK, we can cope.… (View Post)