Indeed, and in a fair few cases, not even fully secondary educated. The school leaving age was only raised from 15 to 16 in 1972. The cohort affected by that are aged 70 now. Old, but not insanely so… (View Post)

No, but it highlights the oppotunity and danger for King Andy. There are lots and lots and lots of people who, for various reasons, want to see the downfall of Starmer. Some on the left, some on the … (View Post)

At the moment, he's a blank sheet that everyone can project their hopes onto. Therefore , he's popular. Besides, everyone loves a Mayor. The minute he has to take decisions- bang. Same as a… (View Post)

I don't think that anyone thinks that Burnham is planning on being a backbench MP for long. A fair bit of his appeal is that he hasn't had to do anything politically unpleasant for ages. Th… (View Post)

The white coats option doesn't really help. Vance can't afford to relinquish power either. (View Post)