The strength of Germany's regional capitals also owes a lot to their devolved federal constitution, which mitigates against the centralisation that has bedevilled the UK and France. (View Post)

On thread, when you "crash the economy" is it solely the fault of the driver of the time? Or maybe also the fault of the mechanic who failed to service the car properly. So who was to blame… (View Post)

Sunak's interests are served by him dangling carrots to persuade Mordaunt to stay in the race even if she knows that she's going to be short of 100 votes. That makes it harder for Johnson to get to t… (View Post)

So people support windfarms being built in their local area by a huge net majority (net 57% for) that makes the current Labour poll lead look puny. And yet the Conservatives under Johnson and now Tru… (View Post)

Brown played a more than prominent role in the 2005 election campaign, such that it effectively became a Blair-Brown double act. It was an open secret that Brown was expected to take over during Blai… (View Post)