The thing I'm unclear on, is how much this is a Sunak and how much a Johnson intiative. Coming right now, it looks very much like both an extension of Operation Big Dog, and Rishi flexing his Os… (View Post)

Yup, I think there's deep movement away from Boris in certain groups. The Tories can't get past that. (View Post)

As long as Starmer continues to ignore Mandelson's counter-productive advice on stage-managed conflicts with the left, and keeps a good relationship with a fair part of it, as he's much mor… (View Post)

It's not about cakes and balloons, but public accountability and the rule of law. (View Post)

It has very big implications how you do it, though. If you're lying very publicly and provocatively, what you're partly appealing to is public cynicism. This is what makes Trump and Johnson… (View Post)