The worst kind of statistic- as in the most harmful to the public converstation- is the one that is both accurate and misleading. (View Post)

Unfortunately, what the public wants is John Lewis standards of customer service coupled with Amazon pricing. (View Post)

See also Lou Haigh. But more importantly- I want to see Burnham defend something unpopular on the grounds that it's the necessary thing to do. Or even the right thing to do. He doesn't have… (View Post)

Or the 75p pension rise in... (checks date)... 2000. Blimey. Highlights how deeply embedded the national sense of entitlement is, though. (View Post)

You need seats that are narrowly held by Labour, but a) aren't nice enough to be Lib Dem b) are too nice and have too many people with actual jobs to go Reform. There are a few, I suspect. Centr… (View Post)