Same's increasingly true on the right. Pragmatism of the 'world as it is/we have work to do' sort is out of fashion everywhere. In part because pragmatism now requires all of us to mak… (View Post)

No reason at all. And the antics of the last week, which have put the flaws of the first-line rivals under the microscope, show why Starmer is the still the least bad option. @Brixian59 is probably r… (View Post)

Surely the end of the road for Streeting's bid. If he provokes a contest, he will have a rival other than Starmer and he will lose. Bad for Burnham too, I'd have thought. Rayner may be a wo… (View Post)

Though isn't it the MelonB theory (apologies if I'm misattributing) that the people with spare cash (people like most of us) can't/won't find things to spend it on, so businesses … (View Post)

See also every professional footballer (except, perhaps that Southampton one). Or every failed Prime Minister. Yes, even Liz Truss. Or, widening the net to include party leaders, even JCorbz. Not goo… (View Post)