Probably. But I suspect that it one of those knots in human nature that politicians just have to work with/around. Which kinda gets to the heart of what Starmer and Reeves need someone to do for them… (View Post)

Obvious parallel is 1945. The conversion of Eastern Europe into Soviet satellites of varying grimness left them in a bad place. Doesn't mean that the fall of Nazi Germany wasn't a good thin… (View Post)

Meanwhile, in "improving the average quality of both parties" news, Suella Braverman's husband set to defect to Farage's Reform in new scalp from the Conservative Party - and insi… (View Post)

Ideally, we would have a better PM than Starmer, sure. But the logic that saw him win internally in 2020 and nationally in July still holds. There's nobody out there who looks better (sorry, Kem… (View Post)

And, as a bit of fun, as Peter Snow put it, Electoral Calculus gives Labour 302 Con 156 LD 72 Ref 69 #justabitoffun (View Post)