Mandy will do what's best for Mandy. It's not obvious that cathartic revenge on Starmer is in his interests. It's not what he did after his previous resignations, is it? (I did like Ro… (View Post)

At the very beginning of the Johnson premiership, Private Eye experimented with a Wodehouse parody of Boris and Dom. Which did get to the satirical heart of the matter. I think it was called Leaves a… (View Post)

In which case, stand by for tax rises. The markets can vote against a government in minutes. The backbenchers can vote against a PM in days. The public can't vote against a government until 2029… (View Post)

You, an experienced man of the world, surely know the political principle. Never believe anything until it has been officially denied. (No Starmer won't move to rejoin. It's one of those th… (View Post)

Agreed. There doesn't seem to be one. And the nature of the times makes me suspect that there can't be one. A truly great national leader would need to get everyone to accept quite a bit of… (View Post)