Blair's view, as I think I've said before, was that people would tolerate a relatively generous refugee policy so long as it appeared reasonably under control, but they wouldn't tolera… (View Post)

Only the Australian government has published much detail - I don't have the link to hand but could dig it out on Monday if you like. Briefly, our understanding is that the British have accepted … (View Post)

Yes, but it also illustrates the problem. Making people feel that you are merely disappointing rather than horrific gets you precisely zero votes - DavidL is not comsidering voting Labour although he… (View Post)

In theory, people rather approve of not being a normal politician. But it runs into the fundamental lack of interest that a lot of people have in politics - they like some drama, and a sensible, cons… (View Post)

Another good Quincel piece - I'm sure he's right (assuming Starmer doesn't run into no major health issues, which nobody can ever rule out, but he seems healthy). There is a slow drift… (View Post)