A slightly odd analogy, in that Mackay wasn't portrayed in Porridge as being a particularly effective prison officer and indeed often his abrasiveness caused trouble for him and the prison autho… (View Post)

Your avalanche analogy is right. I forget who it was who said, about bankruptcy, that it "happens very gradually, then very suddenly". My reading is that is what is happening here. It will … (View Post)

Doesn't your comment actually hint at one of the of the reasons he might do it (other than pure distraction which is surely an element of it)? There will be some people who say "well, he�… (View Post)

It's not a huge surprise. He has been fairly critical of Johnson, backed Gove in 2019, isn't a household name even in his own household etc. I guess the main interest here is whether there … (View Post)

Another issue would dominate the news, certainly. But that simply isn't the same as it being forgotten. It has dominated the news for a good two months, the Tories have slumped in the polls to L… (View Post)