Because, sadly, not all parents are as responsible as they should be. It's the same as the argument against free school meals, or for the benefit cap. In each case, if all parents were fully responsi… (View Post)

To be fair to the Conservatives, pretty much anything posted on X is going to get a load of replies saying how awful they are. Because there are enough people on X with that attitude, and the cost of… (View Post)

You mean apart from the almost completely full prisons, 2024 pay negotiations hidden under the mattress, wing-and-a-prayer NI cuts, councils collapsing under social care, the Afghan refugee scandal... (View Post)

Two important caveats there, though. One is that a Labour win didn't look at all on the cards until 2022 or so. Planning a manifesto to lose with dignity is different to planning a project for govern… (View Post)

Sam Freedman (yes I know) was good on that in his piece on the anti-VAT campaign; https://samf.substack.com/p/the-great-vat-panic The TLDR is that campaigns against government policy work best when y… (View Post)