Let's remember that until the Triple Lock came in, RPI not CPI was used to calculate the annual rate of pension uplift, and RPI is almost always the higher if flawed measure of inflation. It was… (View Post)

The fact that Burnham isn't in position and that Rayner would prefer to wait a bit longer is precisely why Streeting can be expected to move. (View Post)

Let's say you also grew up in poverty on a council estate, as a child looking after your mother who had bipolar disorder and couldn't read, and ended up by leaving school at 16 to raise a c… (View Post)

Outrage over Angela Rayner’s drinking at Westminster bar highlights hypocrisy in public life Boris or Farage are ‘men of the people’ when seen with pint in hand. For the Labour leadership hopeful, it… (View Post)

On Thread. I share TSE's scepticism as expressed earlier in the thread. These stories are clearly coming from the Burnham camp, with absolutely no cooroberating evidence. "Story" is an… (View Post)