On one hand, fair point. (Though one of the interesting things to watch will be how far Green MPs and councillors feel the need to follow the ramblings of a man who hasn't been elected by the pu… (View Post)

That depends, doesn't it? After all, if maximising GDP and tax take were the only sane criterion, there's a much bigger policy decision of the last decade that we should reverse ASAP. (Ther… (View Post)

That's a fair point, but it's one of communication and empathy, not so much of policy. In terms of "how to run the economy to best deliver a good life to people", the answer has s… (View Post)

The appeal of populism, of whatever flavour, is that it claims to offer easy solutions. "Your life sucks, but there's one easy trick that to turn it round, but THEY don't want to do it… (View Post)

And the last LotO to lose, stay on, and still become PM later was Heath, wasn't it? As a society, we're much more inclined to cast into the outer darkness; I'm fairly confident that on… (View Post)