Yes, it's obviously not good to speak ill of the recently deceased, and I always enjoyed her general presence, but I coudn't help noticing too in her obituary that in she had been involved … (View Post)

As mentioned yesterday, they know if it goes wrong in the first three years, the project is stuffed. We wait to see what great treasures and opportunities the Brexiters have lined up for us. They… (View Post)

However poor their own record on welfare and foodbanks, there's no reason why they shouldn't have drawn attention to the significantly worse record under the Tories, and its obvious correla… (View Post)

New Labour was often an ideogoical opponent of welfare, because of its sympathy for some aspects of Thatcherism - see its relationship with Atos, for instance. However, this doesn't change the f… (View Post)

In the very short term all that will happen is that the country will become even more polarised. It's the short-to-medium term that will decide things - between about six months from now and abo… (View Post)