It's the dirty secret (or one of them) of politics. Vibes win. Beyond a certain point, the don't help once you've won, but that's a problem for another day. See Boris driving a JC… (View Post)

It all depends what happens once Burnham has to disappoint some of his supporters. (View Post)

Two flawed assumptions there, Big G. One is that politicians do well by doing the right thing for the future of the country. All the evidence is that that's not the case. On your calculus, Thatc… (View Post)

Alan Clark's Diaries, from November 1990. His emphasis. Maddeningly, I had to return to the Department. Meetings, and an official lunch. Scandinavians. ‘I assume that there is no likelihood of M… (View Post)

And any plans for government made before 2022 (I doubt there were many, too) would have had to be binned, given the economic effects of Vlad and Liz. And then there's all the unexploded bombs Ri… (View Post)