Enoch Powell had something uncontroversial to say about that. Thinking about the small time, small town politicians I've seen up close and off duty, they all have a belief that they can beat the… (View Post)

The catch there is that making a hideous misjudgement isn't an instant sacking offence for a PM. If it were, we'd get through them at an even faster rate than we have in recent years. (View Post)

And that's one problem for Starmer. Chesterton's Fence thinking allows a lot of this processes that led to this mess to make some sense. But they have led to a nonsense outcome. Smoke, yes.… (View Post)

One of the hilarities of Brexit is how the UK replaced extreme commuters with long-haul people, here for the long haul. (View Post)

That's about the size of it. A wheel has been removed from the Starmer wagon, but it will likely keep rolling along for a while yet. Sorry Dan- I'm sure you'll stop that pigeon one day… (View Post)