Yes, except we're all terribly flawed. And that includes anyone with a hint of a chance of becoming PM. There's nobody on the Labour benches who looks like they would be better, which is why Burnham … (View Post)

Trouble is (as you know, because you're on the side of the people who have noticed), it's going to take a pretty unpleasant combination of tax rises and government spending cuts just to stop things g… (View Post)

That's one of the interesting things. How much is that the merits of the plan (for which there is loads we don't know yet), and how much of it that, because the government are proposing it, it must b… (View Post)

Besides, the record of junior coalition partners at the subsequent election is pretty awful. Maximum blame, minimum credit. Still, "kingmakers" sounds so much better than "suckers"… (View Post)

Nigel as PM but unable to get anything done would be top larfs. Just the sort of larfs I'd rather be observing from the safety of a different country. (View Post)