Leaving content aside, first time she’s really put in a half decent performance IMHO. The Brexit freedoms thing could have been a clanger, but Starmer didn’t respond to it - she got a bit lucky there. (View Post)

Maybe. But the fact they didn’t campaign on that (indeed in certain circumstances suggesting the very opposite) is becoming a problem for them. (View Post)

I don’t think the country has particularly reconciled itself yet to the idea that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. In a lot of ways I blame the lack of critical interrogation of the massive gov… (View Post)

Completely agreed re the WASPI issue. I hope Starmer and co don’t cave to backbenchers on this - apparently there’s a lot of fury on the Labour side about the way this was announced and it being yet … (View Post)

The WASPI issue is once again showing up the flaws in Starmer’s tactics in opposition (complain about everything, worry about the detail after you win). On the core topic the government are correct t… (View Post)