May at Grenfell was an example too. I don't doubt that she did, in fact, care about what happened and there was very little she could do in practice in the immediate aftermath. But, ultimately, … (View Post)

Smells like absolute BS to me. Firstly, civil servants cannot "tell" Sunak he "can't" have an election in November. They can advise and he can tell them he's listened ca… (View Post)

He's avoided saying all that much for the past 61 years, so another 10 months shouldn't be too much of a problem for him. (View Post)

That's easy to respond to. A "working assumption" (a strange formulation given it's his choice but be that as it may) is just that. He just needs some credible pretext like defeat… (View Post)

Since when were General Elections some kind of vote of thanks for past glories? 1945 is only the most brutal example, and that was two months after VE Day (which everyone welcomed) with the same PM g… (View Post)