I'm not sure that's entirely true. Trump tends if anything to exaggerate his wealth and business acumen for political advantage as a Republican, whereas Bloomberg was seen as an elitist who… (View Post)

Yes. Parties that lose do indeed tend to have a "f*** the electorate" stage before they come to their senses, listen to the electorate, and recover. Sounds like you're planning on maki… (View Post)

People want to pay less tax non-shocker. Sunak's problem is that the very obvious criticisms if he does cut it are that he and and his family have a great deal to gain personally from lower IHT,… (View Post)

Keir Starmer was first elected in 2015, five years after Labour's 2010 defeat. Tony Blair was first elected in 1983, four years after Labour's defeat in 1979. So it's getting to be a b… (View Post)

Even further forward, it's a nice little supplement to their pensions for the remaining 95 years olds who are still allowed to smoke, as they flog illicit fags to everyone else out the back of t… (View Post)