I think that is a risk but personally I still think social democracy is the most sustainable route to prosperity combined with a society at ease with itself, and so I have faith that a period of sens… (View Post)

Yes. I think he will, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. IMHO the problem the current government has is that it keeps making decisions on the basis of the prejudices of its supporter… (View Post)

One difference with 1979 is that voters mostly quite liked Callaghan (it was the unions they were sick of). Not so much love for Sunak. (View Post)

This is the problem, a lot of Brexiteers don't even think of Brexit as a economic policy, they just close their eyes and imagine themselves stood on the white cliffs of Dover waving a union flag… (View Post)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/15/rishi-sunak-mickey-mouse-conservatives-election This Marina Hyde piece on the current "government" is really quite brilliant and says e… (View Post)