I don’t think the country has particularly reconciled itself yet to the idea that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. In a lot of ways I blame the lack of critical interrogation of the massive gov… (View Post)

Completely agreed re the WASPI issue. I hope Starmer and co don’t cave to backbenchers on this - apparently there’s a lot of fury on the Labour side about the way this was announced and it being yet … (View Post)

The WASPI issue is once again showing up the flaws in Starmer’s tactics in opposition (complain about everything, worry about the detail after you win). On the core topic the government are correct t… (View Post)

On topic, it will happen, eventually. But it’s hard to see it happening imminently, IMHO. Certainly not without a lot of problems. I’d put another 25-30 years as the earliest. (View Post)

If that is the case, from a purely political perspective I think Labour have naffed up. These sets of elections weren’t going to deliver them too hard a blow, in all likelihood, which might have help… (View Post)