We often see here a view that wishes government would just be a good administrator, and be careful with money. That's very sensible - if you're a pensioner, or close to it. It's a shor… (View Post)

I met a guy once who thought Brexit was a bad idea, but voted for it because he wanted to see politicians running round like headless chickens. That's probably the demographic of the 7%. Complet… (View Post)

The problem with just "running the shop sensibly" is that a PM needs to be a strategist, not just a good administrator. As in, they need to decide the strategy for the country and not just … (View Post)

Let's take that as an assumption - and I agree it's likely a good one - Starmer has an open goal here. And yet he can't seem to help muffing it by threatening something that would hurt… (View Post)

Yet another blunder from Starmer this morning. He's decided to personally intervene in the employment dispute with doctors, and his idea is to threaten the withdrawal of "thousands of extra… (View Post)