Internally in the Labour Party he was very very effective at bridging old and new. Outside that bubble? Was crap as a minister (and had his little empire taken away and dismembered pretty quickly). H… (View Post)

Met the guy in the run up to the 2015 GE. He projected a Huge personality but was humble and self-effacing in real life. (View Post)

Lets not bash the Badenoch too hard. A big rural protest against a townie government is like catnip to any Tory leader. Of course she's on board. My only question is whether she's thinking … (View Post)

There is an obvious difference between a £3m farm and a £3m private house. The former produces food/drink that the country needs, the latter is private property. Plenty of houses can be worth £3m in … (View Post)

Cutting the funding for a service does not magically make the need go away... (View Post)