On the other hand, May didn't seem to need such a strong figure internally, at the very top near her, and within her Downing Street operation, as Johnson. He's never seemed to have been the… (View Post)

A few bits of toxic - and essentially unvotable - historical baggage, here and there, and a few less wise policies, but also some perfectly respectable ones that were usually misrepresented in the pr… (View Post)

I've noticed this too. An increasing amount of once-very-local vocabulary seems to have crossed the atlantic. A "grand" for a thousand, "bonkers", which used to be irredeemab… (View Post)

If I was Boris I would be pretty worried that there seem to be an emerging alliance of advisers in no.10 and cabinet ministers now working in concert to deliver unfavourable briefings. Meanwhile, I s… (View Post)

OT, who's doing the briefing against Johnson ? Someone inside the no.10 operation, with maybe cabinet allies too, is talking a lot to the media today. (View Post)