It’s almost like the Labour rulebook is designed to make removing a leader as painful and drawn-out as possible. You don’t just get a few twitchy MPs and a bad set of results and suddenly it’s over. … (View Post)

TBH I can't recall the exact circumstances when I first encountered PB. Well before the switchover to vanilla forums/Wordpress. I recall a few election night IRC sessions, but for the life of me… (View Post)

Fair play. Nice to see someone bravely tackling the important question: how much money can be incinerated in seven days without technically buying anything. (View Post)

You’ve got a broker note, relayed via the Telegraph, speculating that markets might get nervous. That’s conjecture dressed up as signal. Add in some reports of quiet dinners and calls with City types… (View Post)

On the face of it you have a point But he's prevaricated, obfuscated, weaselled about and thrown good (and bad) people under the bus to disguise that this was a political decision that backfired… (View Post)