Indeed. Sunak would basically be asking MPs and ministers to give up their jobs 6 months earlier on the off-chance that it might save a handful of MPs - implicitly agreeing that he'd make things wors… (View Post)

The core problem is the cost of living, which for many means the cost of property. That's not an issue for many retired people, who mostly own their own homes without mortgages. It'd be interesting t… (View Post)

Here's a thought: you assume that Farage will take over the leadership of Reform. What if it's Boris? (View Post)

That's a little bit back-to-front. The exceptions to population growth have been because of disasters, in general. Almost by definition, in fact. The declining population now is pretty much the sole … (View Post)

Yes. FWIW, I don't think the public give a stuff about whether these are Sunak's pledges or not, although they will care about most of them as issues in their own right (not the debt one, which is fo… (View Post)