Worse than that, outsourced ruthless awfulness is the way to win big. Consider our three biggest election winners this century- Blair had Mandelson, Johnson had Cummings, Starmer had McSweeney. In ea… (View Post)

Remember when we all used to pine for a government system with the effectiveness and integrity of the Yes, Minister universe? I'm beginning to wish that our rulers were up to the standards of Th… (View Post)

The nearest we came to proper rough as PM was probably Jim Callaghan. Or, if you want an election winner, John Major. That probably tells us something uncomfortable about the country we live in. (View Post)

Dire Straits being what we all face, thanks to his adventures in the Middle East. (View Post)

It could have been someone else, I suppose... Here's a theory, that starts with an observation by Marie le Conte. Observation: in the good old days, being an MP was the limit of many MP's a… (View Post)