Prediction. Those who are most adamant that Starmer Must Go Now will like his successor even less, whenever and whoever that successor is. (View Post)

Those who make money/flatter their egos from news benefit from telling us this gs are bad and about to get worse so stay tuned. Plus those who think they should be running the country instead. (View Post)

I'd go with the changing media market. Sky News has a greater duty to its owner (to minimise losses) than it does to its viewers (to accurately reflect the world around us). The gap between them… (View Post)

Older people spiralling into melancholy isn't that irrational. Other responses to age and impending decrepitude are probably wiser, whether it's Nunc Dimittis or racing tin baths down dales… (View Post)

Doesn't the ethnic mix in B+D make it hard for Reform to win now? The BNP-quake was 20 years ago. As for Havering, a lot depends on how the various Residents Association groups hold up. Labour a… (View Post)