I blame the Prime Minister. (View Post)

Was Lammy ever in the running? Ditto Cooper. Reeves not being in the running is more understandable. Meanwhile all the noise is coming from people whose ego and ambition far outrun their ability. As … (View Post)

Not quite. Burnham, Streeting and Rayner are all, for different reasons, likely to be downgrades. The best hope for Labour is someone currently on the rung below being promoted and impressing- see Jo… (View Post)

Corbyn happened. The generation who ought to be papable about now either lost their seats in the fiasco of 2019, or gave up in despair. Hence Starmer's victory in 2020. The Conservatives have go… (View Post)

On one hand, absolutely. In the other, given the choice between using the savings they found to spend on making their neighbourhoods better, and using them to reduce the rate of growth in Council Tax… (View Post)