Good for Starmer. Helps to keep a crucial part of the left on board after yesterday, and doesn't really help Sunak in what looks like his probable political error, either. (View Post)

I think Trump and Johnson appeal to some people with genuine feelings of marginaliation. But they also do a lot to hasten the marginaliation of those groups at the same time. Rightwing populism is ro… (View Post)

It's important that Starmer seems to be opposing. Not the sort of thing figures like Mandelson would recommend at all, and it may be another crucial sign that he's also beginning to underst… (View Post)

Added to which each previous imposition of sanctions has been documented as piling up substantial social costs in areas like homelessness and mental healthcare. Just stupid. (View Post)

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)