I'm not active yet - I literally only joined this month, having reached a point where I could withdraw from my Yorkshire Party responsibilities without causing undue disruption, but I expect to becom… (View Post)

Entirely predictable. Parties nearly always lurch to the extreme after a long time in government before tacking back to the centre after a defeat - and this time there's the added electoral challenge… (View Post)

It's not really 'too old'; it's too infirm, which is related to age but not not directly so. There's no magic number. That said, Biden is already older than every leader of every G7 country since WW2… (View Post)

It's not just getting things right once; it's getting them right every time. Failure to do that now simply adds to the narrative. Plus, it's not just 'is he up to it now' but 'will he be up to it in … (View Post)

But Biden isn't just avoiding questions. In any case, a PM cannot simply put out a rehearsed line irrespective of a question without looking absurd. There does have to be some pretence at addressing … (View Post)