Labour deputy leadership contender Lucy Powell, who was fired by Sir Keir Starmer in his cabinet reshuffle, has criticised "unforced errors" by the government over welfare. In her first bro… (View Post)

Perhaps because the LibDems aren't moderate, they're niche. I find that the LibDems have become too smugly, self-satisfied waitrose belt to like. They're the other side of the coin to the embittered … (View Post)

The decision will have to be made when the next recommendation to increase the state pension age is announced. Unless the bond markets intervene first. A more imminent issue will be the triple lock t… (View Post)

I remember reading here that Russian air defence was so good that a SAM battery near Moscow would be able to shoot down any NATO planes over Ukraine. That PBer also claimed that anti-tank missiles ne… (View Post)

Wealth is often relative. Spend time with oligarchs and a multi-millionaire might feel poor. See Cameron with Greensill and Boris generally as other examples. (View Post)