Does that include the Prime Minister? I mean, we all know that he thinks his predecessor was an utter wally, but his apparent disbelief that Starmer and Timpson might have considered the downside of … (View Post)

Private Eye seem to be going with Coronation Street, with Andy as landlord of The Voters Return. Which is more distinctive than the Cabinet WhatsApp they've been running since Boris. (View Post)

Meanwhile, a quick primer on the prison places crisis; https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/public-protection-prison-releases Key paragraph; The fundamental cause of this problem was a f… (View Post)

Two important catches, though. Replacing a London bubble with a Manchester bubble does very little for Newcastle, Norwich or Newport. And Manchester can do a much better job of looking after itself t… (View Post)

But also, not every pound is equal. The second pound is less useful than the first, the third less useful than the second, and so on. Personally, I'm not sure that the first 50k would be more us… (View Post)