Late stage capitalism- it's easier to make profits by being a vampire than by doing the actual work. And then we wonder why nothing gets done. (View Post)

Even a stopped cuckoo clock is right sometimes. (View Post)

But this is just letting a Conservative plan play out, isn't it? The previous Chancellor didn't announce plans to keep the reductions going, or leave any slack in the kitty to fund it. Did … (View Post)

Tell me about it. Interesting by-election test case coming up in Gosport (klaxon!) next week. Bridgemary (mainly a 1940s council estate, with pockets of more recent private housing) was Labour for ag… (View Post)

But Boris survived Partygate. The Conservatives didn't do that badly in the 2022 local elections, and he won the subsequent vote of confidence 211-148. He probably wouldn't have survived &q… (View Post)