Line from yesterday's Times: There’s a Blair-era quip that is gaining new currency at present. “You go to Labour conference and wonder why you voted Labour. Then you arrive at Tory conference and rem… (View Post)
Non-payers won't be sent to prison. Which, bluntly, makes sense with the prison capacity situation we currently have. As for the "abolish the licence fee" thing, most of the alternatives lo… (View Post)
Elegant, though the membership really won't like being cut out of yet another leadership ballot. (And even if Rishi doesn't even want to phone it in any more, tough. Responding to the budget is a dif… (View Post)
Whoever the lucky winner is has a bit of explaining to do. As will the luckier loser. CCHQ are charging each of the final four £50000, with the final two having to stump up another £150k for party fu… (View Post)
Not entirely. Go back to his glory days, and Trump's insults were artful. Cruel, hurtful but clever enough to go viral and just accurate enough that they couldn't be shrugged off. Morally appalling, … (View Post)