More recent BMG shows a 4-point Tory lead (up 2), while the latest Savanta shows it as 7 points (down 2). Both well below the stratospheric 11-13 leads from other pollsters of a week or two back, and… (View Post)

I'm just as partisan as you and I'm always pleased when my party is doing well. However, as a separate issue I want my party leaders to obey the law, and if they didn't, I would be ups… (View Post)

IT analyst, Ciba-Geigy Switzerland, 1977. £29,000/year - I asked for £25K and their HR guy smiled gently and said "we can do better than that". I was gobsmacked - I'd been unemployed f… (View Post)

I missed this when it appeared last month, but it's quite astute: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2021/02/boris-johnson-s-clever-trick-get-away-anything-even-covid-catastrophe (View Post)

Oborne also defended Corbyn and I think EdM on the grounds that they were honest. I'm afraid that the obverse of general cynicism about politics is that people shrug off lying (as a Boris fan di… (View Post)