Combination of name recognition and impatience. It's likely that Starmer will stagger on for a couple more years. Like Moses, leading his people towards the Promised Land, getting lots of complaints … (View Post)

"They" rather than "we", but agree. Forward, not back. In 1988, John Major was Chief Secretary. The place to look for Starmer's sucessor is the generation below- whoever does a de… (View Post)

And that's the problem. Something can be the wrong thing to do by all sorts of metrics- practical, financial, legal, moral- and still being the right thing to do politically. And if the public want s… (View Post)

Given the strength of the placebo effect, the patients may well have a point. (View Post)

Most people think that taxes should be paid by other people. (View Post)