Whatever else one thinks of Streeting (I don't have a strong opinion either way), he made a fairly good point this morning about the ease with which ministers can arbitrarily increase civil serve hea… (View Post)

Keir today, gone tomorrow. (View Post)

The Guardian reports on widespread backbench doubts about Starmer continuing. ..Many of the MPs who were selected as Labour’s “high-quality candidates” were built in Starmer’s own image: ambitious, t… (View Post)

Today's piece of corruption. Breaking WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democra… (View Post)

Reading Prescott's comments in the BBC's US election coverage, it's notable that there isn't a single mention of Justin Webb, whose enthusiastic pro-Trump reporting was much commented on at the time.… (View Post)