Starmer is what he always was- horribly flawed as PM, but less flawed than the available alternatives (sorry Angela, sorry Andy, sorry Wes). So he stays until someone better emerges. Thinking about i… (View Post)

Certainly given that her successor was Philip May. (It's the end of term. Some wine may have been drunk. However, in tribute to @Leon, I have just bought some vintage silk cravats, to go with my… (View Post)

And that's the difficult judgement for the Conservatives. They can only be a Stop Reform party by clearly rejecting Reform. People Like Me (a minority, sure, but potentially Conservative-curious… (View Post)

I know what you mean, and it's politically important, but how much of that failure is real, and how much of it is a failure to meet overinflated expectations? I don't want to sound like a n… (View Post)

Which would be fine if all that random crap had the power of Abe Simpson and were directed at passing clouds, or even the letters page of the Daily Express. But it isn't. It's a dementia ri… (View Post)