Those two clips of Starmer downthread are very strong indeed. The combination of nuance with absolute clarity feels like something that has been missing from British politics for a very, very long ti… (View Post)

The Leicester situation is an opportunity for test and trace to earn its spurs. Giving it 3 or 4 cycles of infection to make sure we can squash an outbreak without full lockdown will be important mov… (View Post)

A last point, on his health and the thought that he looks out of it. Yes, he has been very ill, but I recall a point last year when he looked ragged and our of it, defeated and trapped in parliament,… (View Post)

To continue, much as Boris has been unfaithful in various aspects of his life, his CV is not of someone who cuts and runs after having been unfaithful. Rather he clings on and waits for the tide to t… (View Post)

I'm kicking myself now. This flowed pretty readily because I had a couple of paragraphs written and a lot of the argument straight in my head for a thread header. The word chutzpah was certainly… (View Post)