He may well have the technical chops, when none of the other possibles do. Unfortunately, a) there's not much sign he wants the job b) there's not much sign the party want him doing the job c) it bri… (View Post)

An awful lot of Conservatives are still putting pleasure before business. Labour are still the opposition, but Reform are the enemy. That's uncomfortable, partly because of the number of blue to turq… (View Post)

Though Mandelson's judgement of how things will look has always been directed at others more than himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept having to resign. (He does have very good judgement of poli… (View Post)

The olden people knew what they were doing. November and December are really very late autumn; we don't need distraction. The worst bit of winter, January and early February, is when we need somethin… (View Post)

That Trump is an asset to Russia is surely beyond doubt. The only question is whether he's on the Kremlin payroll, or doing it as a hobby. (View Post)