Of course, the problem with submitting to a Tory-designed fiscal straight jacket at the outset of your term is that, if you decide you need a lot more cash a bit further down the road, you're entirel… (View Post)

Private sector growth is very important indeed, but we can't afford to cut taxes - and with them spending - absolutely to the bone, in the hope that growth will somehow plug the gap and magically res… (View Post)

Meanwhile, in Graunland, the horrifying realisation that one Tory Government is simply going to be replaced by another is dawning... The House of Commons levelling up, housing and communities select … (View Post)

Tony Blair made real progress. A lot of people ended up loathing him because Iraq, but there's a good argument to say that he was the last half-decent Prime Minister we had. Starmer, by contrast, is … (View Post)

The problem being that the Conservative Party membership is small, rich, old and extreme. They're going to react to rejection with a petulant strop and install the most right wing candidate available… (View Post)