See also Starmer. Became an MP in May 2015, in the Shadow Cabinet by September 2015, party leader from April 2020. Neither of them either had the experience of fighting hopeless seats first (virtuall… (View Post)

System will have moved back to SV by then. The risk of a Lab/Grn split is that they squeeze Conservatives out of the runoff. Good news: Cleverly is a way stronger candidate than Hall. Bad news: Can C… (View Post)

In the Yes Minister novelisation, there's an "editorial" introduction to one of the chapters describing how a decision can be wrong by every rational measure (scientifically, economica… (View Post)

To be fair, the party that agreed all those policies, Before Zack, doesn't really exist any more. (View Post)

Trouble is that once some people go for AI Slop Applications, trying to win through sheer numbers, everyone has to do it. You can't cut through the noise with a carefully crafted song. It's… (View Post)