I'm sorry, but this is naive. The issue is whether we wish to maintain higher legally required standards than Australia, on welfare, health and environmental grounds. If we decide that we'r… (View Post)

Yes, instead of faffing about with broadband nationalisation, I'd have liked to see Corbyn (or indeed Starmer) pledging to mandate priority for lower-cost housing for rent and sale. (View Post)

It's a breach of the Ministerial Code. Given that he was in London in the evening (dining with the Australian PM) the Brussels excuse is a red herring, and there would have been nothing to stop … (View Post)

The Tory party is primarily about winning, not any particular set of beliefs - as long as you think of them as standing for anything in particular, you risk disappointment. Johnson calculates, correc… (View Post)

Not really, sadly. The Lancet report today says that AZ, two weeks after the second dose, is only 60% protective against the Delta variant, while Pfizer is 79% protective. We need a tweaked variant f… (View Post)