The much-maligned John McDonnell actually had a try at it in the 2017 election, where Labour had a website where you could enter your income etc. and got told what the effect on you would be of the p… (View Post)

Nuclear came out very badly too, though from memory tidal was twice as bad as nuclear on the 2008 (?) figures. We decided against it too, and I've come to feel that was a mistake. The "retu… (View Post)

Perhaps. But as a Labour activist with no strong views on the trans issue, I shall be delighted if the Tories lead on it (and appalled if Labour started obsessing about it too). It's an issue wh… (View Post)

I can offer some partial light on the process here, as I was involved as PPS to Malcolm Wicks in the energy review in something like 2008. Malcolm used me to discuss ideas (some PPS jobs really are j… (View Post)

Maybe I'm too taken in by the public image, but I'm inclined to file this under "Johnson doesn't think rules are worth bothering with" (which is bad but not exactly news) rat… (View Post)