Agreed, that's almost free money, failing some unexpected disaster. I know lots of left-wingers, who vary from departure to morose tolerance, but nobody is working to change Starmer. And in trut… (View Post)

I subscribed to an American conversative email list a couple of weeks ago (on a recommendation of an article here in PB) offering thoughtful centre-right views (https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/ )… (View Post)

My team has mixed views too. As you know, we have different outlooks on this, and we avoid being derisive about it. I think the same should apply to our workplace teams. There is a genuine difference… (View Post)

FWIW as someone who's had a bit of contact with him, I think he's genuinely bright, but doesn't usually bother to apply it, since he's found that winging it is enough to win in ev… (View Post)

I once got in mild trouble with that - a girl on the Tube had a T-shirt with a slogan on it, not in especially large letters. I'm short-sighted so I absent-mindedly looked a bit closer to read i… (View Post)