Just watched Yvette Cooper's UQ on Braverman's appointment - of course Braverman had fled the chamber. It rather sounds as if Cooper has more on the HS, going from the follow-up questions (… (View Post)

Yes. Sunak started by saying to Starmer 'let's have grown-up politics at PMQs', then rapidly descended into knockabout, irrelevant stuff and, as you say, Punch and Judy politics. (View Post)

Well, I thought Sunak was trying too hard to be a Boris Johnson tribute act, with all the boosterism, evasion and deflection, going on about Corbyn, snide comments about North London, and telling mis… (View Post)

I expect the Tories to see an uptick in their opinion poll ratings in the coming weeks. The challenge, I think, is whether to interpret this as a "thank God Truss is gone" uptick, or whethe… (View Post)

Is it not possible to be tough on immigration without creating an unpleasant culture war about it? (View Post)