But I thought everyone fell for Mandelson’s lies, so there’s no need for anyone to go, right? (View Post)

It would be quite something for a governing party to parachute into the PM role someone elected in 2024 whose only government experience is being a junior minister. Weirder things have happened, but … (View Post)

The problem is, as much as there is always an element of "wise after the event" about these things, it was a clanger of a mistake. The appointment is only one small part of this though. The… (View Post)

I would agree with that. It doesn’t start or end with Starmer (or even Mandelson or Andrew MW for that matter) as much as he is so badly wounded by it. (View Post)

The frustrating thing is Starmer has, elliptically or sometimes even openly, correctly diagnosed a lot of what is wrong with the way the country is currently being run. It’s just he says it then does… (View Post)