What worries me with Starmer is that he's clearly a thoughtful leader without being a performing natural - the kind of person who should have surrounded himself with a whole array of the most fi… (View Post)

I doubt London and some of Labour's new Southern areas will put with the overtly pro-Brexit and somewhat more monocultural mood music that northern constituencies want, though. This is the centr… (View Post)

The problem, though, is that the Blairite formula suddenly stopped working between 2005 and 2007, before he left. The party started shedding large numbers of votes during this time, and so although B… (View Post)

I have to say I think he would find it very hard to lead in that way without shedding further support in other directions, from what I can see. It needs to be consensus but with strong and focused le… (View Post)

Binface has won a moral victory in London. (View Post)