Agree - it's far too early to write Labour off. And there are, at last, some early signs of improvement in most economic indicators which, if they continue for a few years, could give Labour som… (View Post)

Your analysis of Labour politics isn't nearly as good as your analysis of Tory politics. It would be absolutely disastrous for Starmer / the NEC to block Burnham on the grounds of gender/BME cha… (View Post)

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)