Starmer got rid of Sue Gray because she and McSweeney couldn't coexist. And from that misjudgement, all the others followed. God save us from political gurus who can't even be bothered to g… (View Post)

It's the mirror image of Boris. What Burnham has going for him: 1 He wants the job- really wants the job. Contrast with Starmer and (I suspect) May, who didn't and it showed. 2 He has a pol… (View Post)

Or you accept that the wrong sort of people are always going to be attracted to mega power, and that the best protection against that is to distribute that power in smaller lumps. At least then the p… (View Post)

Presumably on the basis that very many people want Starmer to be over. (View Post)

Banging on about it for longer than that. This was Big Dom in 2014; You might think somewhere [in No10/Cabinet Office] there must be a quiet calm centre like in a James Bond move where you open the d… (View Post)