I used to think that the day would never come. (View Post)

There are no ideas anywhere. Except for the crazy ones. In large part because the ideas that might improve things (free up funds for essential investment by broad-based tax rises; act on the intuitio… (View Post)

He did, at least in part. Starmer may have proved incapable of handling it well, but thwarted ambition is a tale as old as time. A classier individual would have used every bit of talent that have to… (View Post)

Maybe it's just that Thatcher and Blair were the freaks and the system chews up and spits out Prime Ministerial authority after 2-3 years. (Dave was protected by the coalition, but forced into a… (View Post)

Changing the subject totally, here's an incomplete map of London's elections by ward; https://bsky.app/profile/owenwntr.bsky.social/post/3mljrn7a7ws2g Striking thing is that Reform's w… (View Post)