That's about the size of it. A wheel has been removed from the Starmer wagon, but it will likely keep rolling along for a while yet. Sorry Dan- I'm sure you'll stop that pigeon one day… (View Post)

Though that's a fairly... Protestant... attitude to take to a Pope, isn't it? (View Post)

Probably not that much. Partly because similar great scandals (Westland, Hutton, Scott etc etc) mostly confirmed existing views rather than switching opinions, but mostly because Starmer had few fans… (View Post)

The important thing is that JDV is an adult convert, with all the zeal that implies. Every lifelong Catholic I've ever met is like "I think we're supposed to give this food to poor peo… (View Post)

If nothing else, it requires Starmer to survive until the Autumn. Otherwise, the leadership election still happens without Andy Capp-in-the-ring. If this is the quality of thinking that Burnham plans… (View Post)