All those people are dead. I wouldn't chance it if I were you... (View Post)

I agree -- I think part of Labour's problem with the WFA is that it's come across as a single change and not as part of a wider realignment and reassessment of priorities and spending. The latter wou… (View Post)

I think peoples' reaction to alcohol must vary quite a lot. I do drink a bit (cider on a Friday as part of a meetup with friends is about it), but it doesn't really register as a great pleasure -- I'… (View Post)

Timpson in particular I would cut more slack than the other departments and ministers -- as an external appointment he presumably did not get advance notice that he'd be in government. Various other … (View Post)

The thing about Labour is they could have both adopted the "say very little" strategy and *also* prepared carefully for government behind the scenes. But it's increasingly seeming like they… (View Post)