For much of his leadership Blair instinctively ran from anything that could give him any cause to be unpopular. So yes he could have tried to force us into the Euro, but he wouldn’t have done, becaus… (View Post)

Genuine question, has a Speech from the Throne ever really changed or reset a narrative? I’ve always found it a very Westminster bubble day really. Get Liz or Charlie dressed up to blabber about what… (View Post)

On other Kings Speech minutiae, I note that the Lord Chancellor did the backwards walk down the throne stairs, which I thought had gone out of fashion. Wore the full wig, too. (View Post)

Re political leanings of royals, I’d doubt that any of them are anything less right wing than soft one nation Tories. Charles has an interest in some causes that would typically be seen as left wing,… (View Post)

It doesn’t help that I think from memory the profile of the safer MP for the Tory leans more right-wing than the party generally. I don’t think the moderates in the parliamentary party will be in a s… (View Post)