Yes, I'm afraid 'takes a sleaze to manage a sleaze' might well have been a part of it. And now look. Nothing Mandelson could have achieved in Washington is worth even a fraction of thi… (View Post)

I'd have thought the people with the best scoop on *why* he was appointed would be Starmer insiders. My opinion? The Trump White House was thought more susceptible to the oily/polished charms an… (View Post)

That's perhaps what Leon meant by "one of the good guys"? (View Post)

He's delivered on monetising the presidency, side-lining Congress, subverting the justice system, persecuting domestic dissent - all of that good stuff - but he has not, thus far, managed to red… (View Post)

It is indeed grotesque and nauseating to view everything (even terrible events like this) as nothing but grist for the mill. So please stop it. (View Post)