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)
Again, the shape of Osborne austerity (cutting capital spending, sweating existing assets) has rather bitten us on the bum. People (quite rationally) fear that they will get the new factory or houses… (View Post)
Benign authoritarians are, of course, a wonderful idea. The trouble is that nobody has found a way of ensuring that they are benign, remain benign, or hand over to someone else who is benign. The ris… (View Post)