Quite, and also galvanising the core voters at a moment of crisis. This hasn't arisen suddenly now out of a position of love and care for the BBC. (View Post)

I have a little bit of sympathy for this, but more for a slimmer BBC than a very slim BBC. I also agree though that a reduced BBC would definitely reduce Britain's global soft power. I often ret… (View Post)

The economy and standards of living are about to diverge much more markedly, which is why I mentioned social as much as economic, really. They're all nervous about taking this crown, as seems qu… (View Post)

Johnson appears now to be in some sort of zombie zone. He probably has very little Cabinet support, but there's obvious collective nervousness at taking his mantle as the economic or more specif… (View Post)

..and yet with Cummings and the pattern of events so far, you couldn't exclude something like that at as coming up, either. That's why I think either a May departure or some new leak that f… (View Post)