I think the electorate often persuades itself that it wants unflashy, serious politicians and then when it gets them it falls out of love with them quickly. In the Brown honeymoon many thought he was… (View Post)

To be fair to Mrs Thatcher, it took her a couple of years to end up third in the polls (yes I know that the SDP hadn’t been formed in 1979). It’s taken SKS 5 months. Although this has absolutely no b… (View Post)

He’s good at solemn. He has a very big problem with the positive/inspiring stuff. It doesn’t land right. (View Post)

Indeed. Our current government seems to be struggling to come up with a coherent programme despite having a whacking great majority. Its predecessor was also rubbish at doing the same thing. (View Post)

It’s buried in the BBC live page - several items down. Should be much more prominent, I agree. (View Post)