The key point in James Forsyth's analysis comes after the "but". In government, she is extremely unlikely to persuade 120 MPs to take a massive punt on a junior minister, regardless of… (View Post)

I agree with this. Big city centres are one thing. But I live close to a smaller town centre which has seen something of a revival over the past couple of years, led by independent food and drink. Le… (View Post)

Rwanda? (View Post)

And yet the veil of the temple remains untorn. Love it when people rule themselves out of a contest nobody had ruled them into. (View Post)

This sounds about right. There is a massive, and flawed, assumption that everyone in politics is angling for the top job. As the last two incumbents have particularly painfully demonstrated, it'… (View Post)