Ah, but if you tell people that means an increase in the foreign aid budget they’ll huff and puff with indignation and tell you charity begins at home. Lack of joined up thinking, short termism and f… (View Post)

I don’t think the composition of cabinets really impacts voting preference. Save for where the appointments become the story (like Braverman - we wait to see what impact that will have). I agree that… (View Post)

I would welcome more considered and thoughtful politicians, but one of the big problems on that front is they don’t have many avenues in which to test and properly debate their ideas. News media is n… (View Post)

There is no use in saying the next election is won or lost at this stage: there are too many variables yet to play out. I think however it is fair to say from a probability perspective, that it is pr… (View Post)

I think, charitably, he was trying to avoid the Trussian “sweep into office like a bull in a China shop” feeling. He’s kept most senior people in their roles (or reappointed them), the changes have l… (View Post)