OK, we have a decent test case. If the government does what their donor wants, they're as bad as the last lot. If not, they are (a little bit, in this specific instance) better than the last lot. But… (View Post)
Not quite. It fell foul of the same (unwritten) rule that is causing Labour so much trouble at the moment. If the public get cross about it when it's in the papers, it doesn't really matter what the … (View Post)
It does echo Starmer in opposition. The sequence "purge the left, attack the government, only then set out any real plans at all" felt painfully slow at the time. And it has left a vacuum w… (View Post)
Step back a bit, and ask yourself "why is that"? Main reason is a decision taken by the Thatcher government to link pension rises to inflation only. Before anyone asks, I don't think Thatch… (View Post)