Connolly’s sentence is the sort of talking point that enrages a certain voter, but it’s not going to be of much pertinence to most voters unless Labour rise to it. They have up until now sensibly kep… (View Post)

I see no reason why the bond markets won’t accept more radical changes. The key thing is that there is at least some confidence that the changes will work in the medium to long term. Truss’ problem w… (View Post)

There’s a lot of this I do grudgingly agree with here. I in fact did vote Labour because I expected, not necessarily bland politics but certainly a government with a general sense of renewal and rest… (View Post)

I have to say I am a little cynical of the idea that the scales will fall from people’s eyes once they start properly “scrutinising” Reform before a GE. People are so fed up that I wonder how much th… (View Post)

Yes, and the Brexit referendum (and 2017/19 elections to some extent) showed that when enough people are motivated by something “different” they will often turn out in greater numbers than previously… (View Post)