Burnham- any of 'em- will have the advantage of not having Johnson and Corbyn fans willing him to fail from the start. And Burnham probably does have more of the teflon quality to get away with … (View Post)

Doing things improperly to save a bit of money is the British way, and is one of the reasons for all of this (gestures wildly while weeping.) (View Post)

If you are shameless enough to get away with it ('sincerity is so important... if you can fake that, you've got it made'), having very few principles probably makes for more effective … (View Post)

Same's increasingly true on the right. Pragmatism of the 'world as it is/we have work to do' sort is out of fashion everywhere. In part because pragmatism now requires all of us to mak… (View Post)

No reason at all. And the antics of the last week, which have put the flaws of the first-line rivals under the microscope, show why Starmer is the still the least bad option. @Brixian59 is probably r… (View Post)