Interesting to read your view on Mordaunt. I think the same, which is why I would probably go for her, but I'm not a Tory, and I think she wouldn't carry the party with her for exactly thos… (View Post)

This is her stock Equality story. I was trying to remember why I had heard exactly the same story before and who she had stolen it from, then I remembered that the original source was in fact Liz Tru… (View Post)

This is deliberate policy when confronted with the need to make savings, when all the obvious savings have already been made. This adds cost to the HMRC with no benefit to them, so an obvious target.… (View Post)

It feels to me that Wallace would be very much an IDS figure, and not just because of his military background. Clearly a decent man, reasonably competent junior minister, OK-ish cabinet minister, but… (View Post)

Also legally you have to balance the budget. So it's merely a question of which bit of the law you want to fall foul of. (View Post)