The pressure is similar in effect to my complaining that Labour needs more interesting policies. Starmer knows perfectly well that leftists like me will vote Labour in the end anyway, so he needn… (View Post)

Well, I know roughly what I'd do (off the top of my head, serious incentives for investment and some direct investment, improvement of public transport links, adult retraining expansion, finance… (View Post)

I'm wary of the switch in narrative from "Will Labour ever win again?" to "The Tories are doomed". I think Johnson's ratings will stabilise and improve a bit if we do gr… (View Post)

Very powerfully and evocatively written - thank you. Not disagreeing with the general point that you're making, but in case it helps, as an employer I've found that recruitment and onboardi… (View Post)

Yes, it's good. I particularly like: "There’s also a danger of ecological fallacies at work. Conservative voters in the red wall generally look quite like Conservative voters elsewhere: typ… (View Post)