Before Starmer could hope to ever win back former Red Wall Labour voters, he had first to defuse the two main reasons why they turned against Labour. They were: 1. Corbyn and 2. Attempts to frustrate… (View Post)

Yes, that's the dog that hasn't quite barked (yet). The EU runs a huge surplus in trade in goods with the UK, and has secured an agreement that preserves the circumstances that have led to that posit… (View Post)

The Tories' political line against Starmer is that he is at heart an arch-Remainer who led the attempts to secure a 2nd referendum and would be angling to rejoin by the back door. All other lines of … (View Post)

That's what the Telegraph is saying. Nothing in the Guardian that I can find. Such a pattern of selective briefing would be consistent with Starmer preparing to back the deal, because he'd want that … (View Post)

It's the same pattern as what happened right at the start of the virus, when the UK dragged its heels was last into lockdown, losing about 2 weeks' head start that other countries had used to good ef… (View Post)