On Diane Abbott, it seems to me that Labour/the NEC were desperately hoping that she'd retire with dignity and go down in history as a trailblazer. They didn't want her to stand again large… (View Post)

Don't forget Historian of the Conservative Party, 1834-2024. :) (View Post)

Ha - I was exactly the same, but back in 1979 - a government-funded STEP (Special Temporary Employment Programme) job for unemployable graduates, as I then was. Plus ca change, eh. (View Post)

I know quite a lot about apprenticeships - they are of very mixed quality. If the Tory policy came to pass, it wouldn't take long for folk to start talking about the poor-quality, mickey-mouse a… (View Post)

Politics is really surreal at the moment, isn't it? The opposition Labour Party is being excessively cautious because they know they're going to be in power shortly and the electorate will … (View Post)