Hmmm… I’m not sure I share the assessment that “a lot has gone wrong.” In many disciplines, at that level, the margins between third and first are pretty small. There have been a good few near-misses… (View Post)

The Telegraph does seem to be coming up with a lot of "Labour are looking at doing X" stories at the moment. I get the feeling they're outrage-fishing. I'll wait to see what actually gets b… (View Post)

Let's be honest, to the ardent anti monarchists the King would have been damned if he did make a statement or damned if he didn't. If he'd have come out with it at the start there would have been cri… (View Post)

Feels like there have been a lot of agonising near misses for Team GB in these Olympics. But fundamentally shows how strong a position we’re in nowadays to still be 4th in the medals table despite ha… (View Post)

That is less of an issue in US electoral politics than it is in Westminster systems. It is much harder to change the frontman, and the risk of alternative power bases is weakened simply by how powerf… (View Post)