As an attack line it's clever. The natural initial response is "Hmm... Starmer's an ally of baduns". The thought "Someone has to defend baduns in court" comes in a bit l… (View Post)

Best ask the party who put a columnist and comedian with fairly minimal ministerial experience into Number Ten. (View Post)

And that's why it's worth thinking this through, especially if Brexit isn't going to be reversed any time soon. Normally, political mistakes get reversed. The Poll Tax lasted three yea… (View Post)

That's the tar pit the Conservatives danced their way into. They can't back away from Brexit without losing a hefty chunk of support to the Faragists. Besides, who is there on the Conservat… (View Post)

The broad outlines deal would be pretty straightforward- "this is what we do, are you in or out?" The idea that there's some Much Better Deal that Brussels hides under the counter for … (View Post)