Not just an issue in Westminster, I suspect. See also the (abolition of) Captain Mainwaring issue in business. The temptation is always to centralise control- it looks more efficient and is technical… (View Post)

If you want to construct a messy cock-up scenario, it probably goes like this. Mandy's vetting uncovered the relatively trivial stuff that any of us could have said- the resignations, the unheal… (View Post)

Trouble is that Starmer is a) wildly unsuitable to be PM and b) better than all the available and semi-available alternatives, both within his party and without. At some point the body politc needs t… (View Post)

But he couldn't say that without appearing to criticise Trump, and keeping Trump sweet was the point of the exercise. (View Post)

Whereas I'm not in the least bit surprised. There is no magic door. There are no ninjas. (View Post)