Indeed. The 24 hourse news cycle and 'gothcha' journalism plagues British public life and politicians are yet to find an effective defence. Sadly the behaviour of many of them does make it at times t… (View Post)

He hasn't but I'm not sure that local by-elections generally are a good guide to a GE where organisation is required on a very wide range of seats, and local issues tend to have less potency. The Bri… (View Post)

Quite - it's classic Yes minister stuff to avoid revealing anything important that needs doing. Labour's great advantage is that they are not the Tories. Labour's great disadvantage is that that is a… (View Post)

It is politics of envy and class war pure and simple. Looks like levelling down will be the hallmark of the Starmer government. Twas ever thus with the left and fortunately, since the essence of this… (View Post)

Oh indeed but this one seems ridicxulous to me. Brexit is not the success those whpo voted for it wished but now was the UK doing that well in the EU which itself has many issues. Tghese sort of head… (View Post)