Quite a result in Makerfield for a nonentity. (View Post)

He's much better at the inane needle than he is at economics or geopolitics, I'll give him that. (View Post)

But that's a tiny, totally unrepresentative electorate. Labour members. Why aren't you calling for a GE if you're worried about lack of scrutiny and mandate? (View Post)

Yes, great appetite outside Labour for a Labour leadership contest. The Times editorial very keen on it. Plenty of "ideas need to be scrutinised and tested" prose on show. (View Post)

An apt comparison. Reagan acquired the profile and chops required to win the highest national office by way of the California governorship. Burnham has done exactly this via the Greater Manchester ma… (View Post)