One comment which Blair made at a private PLP meeting has stuck with me. People in general accept a reasonably orderly immigration system; almost nobody believes that all immigration should be banned… (View Post)

I can't speak for all CLPs or all left-wingers, but in my constituency we have had zero resignations, zero public grumbling though a fair amount of gritted teeth - as one colleague who is even f… (View Post)

I wish EiT would join the leader-writing team on PB - his posts are such good value. (View Post)

Yes, I run a translation business now, in addition to managing the UK arm of a large charity, and I published a successful magazine for 17 years, though none of those are or were in the retail sector… (View Post)

The odd thing is that his laissez-faire handling of the pandemic was completely unnecessary even from his point of view. It didn't benefit him politically or financially. It didn't assist R… (View Post)