The generally accepted view of leadership elections is that you should present yourself as quite militant to attract the people who can be bothered to join a party, then tack to the centre to get flo… (View Post)

I think Jenrick would produce a reasonable result but almost certainly lose. Badenoch rolls the dice - anything from a win to a meltdown, but certainly the more interesting choice. (View Post)

I think that personality counts for more than you'd think and perhaps would wish. Jeremy is a nice man, famously reluctant to attack anyone personally (even Tories with shock-horror records), an… (View Post)

I'm now retired except for translation, which keeps me as busy as I like. It's changed a lot - the agency will supply an AI translation, and only asks me to check it - it takes perhaps a qu… (View Post)

I'm not convinced by the leading article. The "evidence" of the blob is casually furnished by reference to two satirical TV programmes. It's undoubtedly true that many people beli… (View Post)