Well I called this wrong. I thought he'd get to 100 MPs. Probably BBC numbers were right... barely more than 50. (View Post)

Disagree - he is deservedly favourite. The polling shows he is the choice of the Tory membership.He still had 211 MPs backing him when he resigned - so he should get 100+ MPs to support him to be lea… (View Post)

Agreed - he even has a chance of winning a GE I think (sadly). I just chucked a quid on Gove & Shapps - both at 200/1. (View Post)

Honestly I doubt that will be enough. We've had almost 2 decades of stagnation. Labour will be inheriting a pretty ugly economic outlook with rising borrowing costs. I think they'll have to… (View Post)

Some numbers perhaps would be helpful. Average public sector pension = 10k/year. https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Public-service-pensions.pdf This is 16% higher in real terms vs. 20 … (View Post)