Name recognition. It's not easy to name the not-great-office members of the Cabinet. At this stage, that's where Starmer's sucessor is likely to be found. Though even that is an order of magnitude ea… (View Post)

Things 1 and 2 both sound more convincingly Estuary than I do. After all, they were born in Romford, not near the Solent. Shortly after the start of our temporary sojourn in Yorkshire, someone said t… (View Post)

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)