Just worth noting almost all of that growth in the public sector has been in central Government - more than half a million since 2019. :Local Government headcount has been almost static (a very small… (View Post)

All that means is a larger minority voted for Labour than voted Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform, Green or whatever. It doesn't invalidate or reduce Starmer's mandate one iota - if we're lookin… (View Post)

That's hardly insight. It's basically what Blair did in 1997 and Cameron in 2010 (the "Big Society" anyone?). Stodge's Seventh Law of Politics states the truth may sometimes hurt, losing an… (View Post)

In truth, it's up to Conservative MPs if there is a membership ballot. The process can go down to the last two ans one can withdraw meaning the other is elected unopposed - it's as simple as that. I … (View Post)

I said at the time (back when there are five posts a day on PB and each one was the length of an academic dissertation or even thesis) the Government had no option to bail out RBS and the other banks… (View Post)