The Tories are walking into exactly the same trap as Labour and turning the whole political debate into a willy waving contest with Reform on immigration. The only beneficiary of that will be Reform. (View Post)

SKS’s dazzling conference speech continuing to pay dividends, I see.* *for what it’s worth, I don’t think Labour had a terrible conference: but I don’t think conference season has the same impact on … (View Post)

I take the point, and these things need to be dealt with with sensitivity (ha!) and nuance (again, ha!) but we cannot preserve our laws, treaties and international obligations in aspic for eternity, … (View Post)

If I am taking a step back (which I have to do, because I find these protests exceptionally distasteful at the very least, and incredibly concerning for the social fabric of the country), we obviousl… (View Post)

The government has now reached a desperate, highly reactive phase where all policy now appears to be made on the hoof to address whatever shortcoming or criticism is most prominent that day. Good pol… (View Post)