He is a grown up. He just doesn't know the subject and so is being dominated by the Treasury. He also (foolishly) promised loads more money for services and simultaneously ruled out tax rises across … (View Post)

Although she was always a bit odd: a career in search of a cause. (View Post)

I don't think it's that transactional. Labour drifted downwards from the mid-40s to the mid-30s in no small part because they failed to dominate the story that the Tories had created the problem and … (View Post)

Harsher punishments won't work. What people actually want is for thieves and vandals not to commit crimes in the first place. In the absence of a culture where people don't do that just because it's … (View Post)

That's true. However that's also why they should have joined the dots more effectively. I think the public would have understood 'the public estate is falling apart and is going to need more money; s… (View Post)