Now I'm even more baffled as to the political wisdom of this than when he expelled Corbyn. (View Post)

He did die just at the time when honours were changing a bit - he could have got a gong for cultural services if he'd lived just a bit longer, I think. As mentioned in the previous thread, he re… (View Post)

Exactly. Rayner is a soft-left figure with cross-party appeal, which is just one part of why this is loopy ; let alone all the other considerations. (View Post)

The Binface operation has beaten Corbyn and Peter Gammons. Other parties will be poring over it, inevitably. (View Post)

On Brexit below, a considerable proportion of the Tory parliamentary and extra-parliamentary party were supporting it. The cabinet itself was split. The Tory Brexiters were not the anti-establishment… (View Post)