Agree with the Manchester bit; I could imagine quite a few Labour-type voters thinking: "you're our Mayor - why are you going off carpet-bagging - isn't Manchester good enough for you?… (View Post)

Maybe, but the main 'Labour insider' being quoted is Sienna Rodgers, a (Labour sympathetic) journalist. (View Post)

On Burnham, I was wondering if there was anybody else who was a popular and reasonably competent Mayor who turned out to be a fucking disaster as Prime Minister? (View Post)

For cricket lovers only - England are currently playing Sri Lanka in a ODI, and are 38/1 chasing 271. I rather enjoyed this comment over at Cricinfo: "In this increasingly scary and unpredictabl… (View Post)

Late to the bandwagon, I've just watched Carney's speech. I thought it was excellent, although I didn't think it as ground-breaking as others have. In some respects, it was a statement… (View Post)