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… (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 … (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 a… (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)

Would you have had the deposit guarantee or would you have been happy to see all the RBS or Nat West customers lose their money? Imagine the economic effect if a significant portion of the population… (View Post)