Fairly good performance from Starmer, while at least some or many of Boris's MP's also seem in the mood to give him another chance from his point of view. Not much shifted here or there. (View Post)

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)