Regarding this China / he said / she said stuff, There is surely a case to be made for giving select committees more formal subpoena power? I know that the US system has tremendous problems right now… (View Post)

I was thinking about this and was trying to remember when “mis-speak” entered common parlance. I do remember a big deal being made of Ms Clinton mis-speaking when she said she allegedly landed in the… (View Post)

At the moment Labour are doing a lot of standing around talking about how bad it all is without a tremendous amount of actually doing anything about it. I know changes are on the table and take time … (View Post)

Savvy in terms tying everything up in deniability and process, yes I agree. He is a creature of that world. But he’s not politically savvy, per se, IMHO. There was a point today where it looked very … (View Post)

There is a danger that Labour are becoming far too wed on last-government-itis. A lot of this does seem to hinge on them trying to make the Tories take the fall, when it appears to be a bit of a grey… (View Post)