The Tories lost mainly because they were incompetent, of course. The problem is that competency is hard to demonstrate in opposition when it is still the same faces in charge. Tacking to the centre d… (View Post)

There is no comparison between the situation with GWB (58 at the start of his second term) and Biden. (View Post)

He was a class act. I did not agree with everything Blair did, and at times he could infuriate me to the point of apoplexy, but as time has gone by I have realised more and more what a talented polit… (View Post)

The more we see of Truss the more you realise why she was utterly unsuited for the highest political office in the land. She has a tenuous grasp on reality and a frightening lack of self-awareness. S… (View Post)

If he was sharp and clear and incisive then people would overlook physical frailty, IMHO. It's the fact that his mind wanders and he gets confused. That's the worrying bit. And it doesn't really matt… (View Post)