I'm afraid that I have to disagree with the prevailing view of some on this thread to the effect that these scandals are nothing of the kind and will blow over with no lasting damage. Sleaze under Ma… (View Post)

"Make Brexit Work" is a better slogan. It gives Starmer some space to attack Johnson without being seen to throw in his hat with rejoiners. But it's not enough, at best it's serving to defu… (View Post)

I think the parallels with the 1990s understate how serious the political corruption is this time. The payments involved are of a different scale. The payments were made by a company benefitting from… (View Post)

No, it is not clear from those numbers that even "a few" Labour chose to abstain, giving pairing. (View Post)

Fine, with both sticks and carrots. (View Post)