He's not in the North. Ayrshire is dahn sarf. (View Post)

I see this all the time in the private sector - the truth is politically untenable so go and sell a fantasy. As a country we are pretty sick. We stopped investing - in skills, infrastructure or produ… (View Post)

It's just possible that we are living through another generational political shift. The Tories have shat themselves inside out. Labour have been in office for less than 5 months and everyone is … (View Post)

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)