Hmm... Starmer hasn't developed a compelling narrative around anything at all so far. He's a dud, I'm afraid; his team is mainly invisible, and when any of them does briefly surface, i… (View Post)

That's exactly the point I'm making, although I'd make a distinction between the personal and the policy aspects. As regards Starmer personally, I can easily envisage him as PM in a wa… (View Post)

Demoting Sunak at a time when he's popular for dishing out megabucks but before he needs to impose the consequent severe squeeze would be sub-optimal as a way of neutralising the threat from him. (View Post)

And that is why Chateau Bernadotte from the Medoc features a crown on its label. (View Post)

Byte was a superb magazine. I met Jerry Pournelle on one of my trips to the US looking at technological development, and also got to know Steve Ciacia - we hired him as a tech adviser. (View Post)