(BBC) The prime minister's authority is draining moment by moment, and it's drained a little more with the resignation of Jess Phillips... ..A deep frustration, you hear it articulated in t… (View Post)

JFDI, I guess. And persuade people that you're right. It more or less worked for Thatcher. Note that little of that list is particularly left/right coded. 2-5 is all stuff which could appear in … (View Post)

That fundamental weakness is largely a result of decades of power draining away to central government. "Sorting out the fundamental weakness" just isn't going to happen without that be… (View Post)

Neither would be half the cabinet, but that's not really the point, is it ? (View Post)

Yes, 6 is just displacement for having a PM who has a list of priorities and forces them through (View Post)