The thing about 'clever + idle = great leader' is that it depends on self-awareness of why you are being idle and knowing when to throw that saved energy into an essay crisis all-nighter. A… (View Post)

Sunak. Was never going to be great, excellent General Staff, hopelessly undercooked for the top job. (That he couldn't tame the job is the job's fault, not his. Ditto May, ditto Starmer.) F… (View Post)

Though that's partly a manifestation of the central mystery. The people whose CVs best qualify them to be next PM (Cooper, Lammy, Reeves, Mahmood) are nowhere in this chatter. Maybe they genuine… (View Post)

Principles? Burnham? Andy Burnham? Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham? Remove the glasses, add a comedy wig, make the clothes 35% scruffier, and you've got Boris with a northern accent. (View Post)

If everything insiders claimed happened, a lot more things would happen than do. And I'm puzzled as to how replacing Rachel with Yvette does anything about a women problem. Having said that, if … (View Post)