I see nothing in the trailed parts of the speech that will shift the dial. Unless he’ll pull something out of his hat - but that would be very un-Starmerlike. I do think that West might row back thou… (View Post)

Wasn’t there reporting last week that Streeting had the numbers to prompt a challenge? (View Post)

Burnham is setting himself up for a fall. The way his supporters are briefing about him is positively messianic. He’s been an effective local mayor. It doesnt translate that he’ll make an effective P… (View Post)

One of the reasons I was cautiously optimistic for a Labour government was the house building pledge, which could only really be delivered by a simplification of the planning system which I hoped wou… (View Post)

I agree, but I think we have to ask ourselves if it were that easy, why aren’t councils doing it already? I suspect the main reason is that councils must prioritise areas in which they have legal dut… (View Post)