One of the theories doing the rounds on Centrist Dad Bluesky is that one of the causes of all of this (does scan across the entire burning horizon) is the rise of stories based on anonymous briefings… (View Post)

That assumes that there is someone both capable and willing to be a better PM than the last few. I'm unsure that there is. One of my mental models of the state of the nation is the sort of 1980s… (View Post)

And part of Starmer's problem throughout has been that plenty have hated him from Day One. Including the fans of Boris and Jeremy who blame the Boring One for being in the room when they shot th… (View Post)

Remember the old rule, Tory scandals are about sex, Labour scandals are about money. (View Post)

Since then, I'd add May to the list, and (more tentatively) Sunak and the incumbent. And that's the problem. To tweak the old joke, you probably do have to be crazy to actively want the job… (View Post)