Question is- which of the six on the shortlist will do those? Cleverly probably, Tugendhat perhaps (my concern is he may have to overcompensate, red meat wise), Stride and Patel (but all the signs ar… (View Post)
Silos in society. Cable news and social media make it harder for anyone to hear the full story. Worse than that, providers thrive by being biased. And the sort of meeting places where people were kin… (View Post)
Agree, except that I'm not sure it is that unconventional. Early Thatcher was really good at it. One of the first signs that her government was freeing itself from the bounds of political reality was… (View Post)
Possible, I'm sure, but difficult. Those Lib Dems are going to be a bugger to shift- they can shout about opposing the government just as well, and they are probably better than the Conservatives at … (View Post)
There's another chunky real terms increase in the state pension to announce this autumn (wages > inflation), which a competent government ought to be able to spin to take away a lot of the politic… (View Post)