I think that Long-Bailey knew what she was doing, which was to be deliberately provocative by associating herself with Peake's views. That's basically signalling that she has her own views … (View Post)

Certainly Trump's net (dis)approval ratings, which were already poor, are now worse than they have been at any time since January 2019. They roughly mirror those of Carter and GHW Bush five mont… (View Post)

The "triple lock" is a con. You realise that the basic state pension would be higher now if the Conservatives had persisted with the system of pension uprating it inherited from the previou… (View Post)

You need to remember that the likes of Burgon, Shah and Sultana are part of what is still only a very small faction of the Parliamentary Labour Party, and that Pidcock didn't get that far even. … (View Post)

Why should that be a surprise? What is going on is that they acted early, so contained the disease and could come out early, with the measures taken being effective. eg. In Denmark, the first confirm… (View Post)