I agree about the difficult choices. The tone was an issue, as you say - Sunak looking terribly pleased with himself, Johnson chortling randomly behind him (even when Sunak was talking about sufferin… (View Post)

Enjoyed Opinium's tweet on their post-statement findings: "They only train the Conservative’s on best party to “bring down the national debt and deceit"' (View Post)

On topic, I wonder if the political advantage of people finding NI somewhat obscure (making it easier to raise NI than tax) is working against Sunak here - people register "He's doing somet… (View Post)

I've lost track of how many colleagues, friends and relatives either have it or have just had it, None of them have died, most say it was moderately nasty but over in 1-2 weeks. OK, we can cope.… (View Post)

I actually like driving and have done it all my life. But when I lived in London it just seemed pointless, so I sold the car - from Holloway, I could get almost anywhere faster by public transport wh… (View Post)