I refer my Honourable Friend to my previous answer. To expand, lots of us have jobs where we have to think 'what's the worst way my utterances could be clipped and abused?' Especially when dealing wi… (View Post)

It's why I'm... not angry, but disappointed, with Sunak and Hunt. They were dead politicians walking, probably from the moment they entered Downing Street. They could have cleared some of the many la… (View Post)

The iniquity of the means test. There's also the political thing that it's then much easier for high earners to say "I get nothing from the government, why should I pay so much tax?" But if… (View Post)

Absolutely. Though saying stuff that can't be misquoted is part of the art of politics. (And, as someone who preferred early Maggie to late Maggie, there is the whole 'she wanted her father's world, … (View Post)

Would have prevented some of Andrew M-W's problems, but it's much too late now. (View Post)