Corbyn was not a communist, however, but a democratic leftist who tolerated all sorts of people. Similarly, Johnson is not a fascist, but at various times has tolerated anti-democratic extremism, whe… (View Post)

May took nearly all these off the table with her red lines at the very beginning. That was nothing to do with the remainers ; but she did immediately fracture the remain cause by doing this because m… (View Post)

For some reason I'm beginning to imagine Sue Gray as a Dickensian solicitor under huge pressure in some case like Jarndyce versus Jarndyce, running for years. In darkened chambers by candelight,… (View Post)

Not picked up so much by the press so far, but Baker is important. (View Post)

At last - deliverance may be at hand. On the other hand, this could easily be expectation management. (View Post)