To be fair, there are loads of examples in history of moderate patriotic right-wingers siding with the hard right because they think it's more important to keep the left out. After all, the hard… (View Post)

Holding the parcel when it finally starts to explode. We have had decades of kidding ourselves that we can have the sort of society we want with the taxes we are happy to pay. And fair play to the po… (View Post)

As the profile linked to earlier said, Burnham wants/needs to be popular. So he tells his immediate audience what they want to hear. Starmer, dismal as he is, is prepared to sometimes say no to peopl… (View Post)

Wars used to be things that kept even the maddest rulers in touch with reality. Putin and Trump are unusual in how detached from reality they appear to be. Though given how much they have exploited t… (View Post)

I'm a bit more optimistic. Not confident, but a bit more optimistic. Thirtyish percent support with tenish percent efficient tacit support from Lib Dems and few people really motivated to vote a… (View Post)