More emphasis on reducing inequality and poverty. More open to nationalisation - I'm not expecting miracles, but more a pragmatic willingness to consider natural monopolies to be publicly owned.… (View Post)

Can't speak for the meeting, but Burnham looks genuinely interesting from my left-of-centre position, and I've dropped the idea of switching to the Greens for now. There's some polling… (View Post)

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/three-hundreds-of-chiltern--3 (View Post)

I took a 40% pay cut on election and didn't spend significant time on compensating work - nor did anyone else that I knew, except for a GP who kept up his practice. Basically you stand for elect… (View Post)

Johnson is a near neighbour in my Oxfordshire village - regularly see him shambling about with miscellaneous kids, and get an amiable greeting from him. A friend who hadn't recognised him was co… (View Post)