A shortlist of Rayner, Burnham and Streeting (and the risk that, if you want X you may get Y or Z) is the best argument for sticking with Starmer for now. (View Post)

But an awful lot of voters want lower taxes. Possilbly to the extent of not caring if the state crumbles around them as a result. If not that, being very insistent that the correlation between income… (View Post)

Worse even than that- council tax is very difficult to increase. If it's a district, the practical cap is 3%. If it's a county or unitary, it's 5%. If you want to go beyond that, you e… (View Post)

Lucky old Durham. (View Post)

Suspect that the cuts to the courts were dumber- you can have as many police as you like catching alleged crims, but if you can't try them and punish them in with a reasonably fast turnaround, w… (View Post)