Evening all :) My view on the Times poll is if you are taking 14 days to do fieldwork, that's an eternity in a by-election. The fact the numbers are closer to earlier polling than some of the mo… (View Post)

The removal of WFA was presumably seen within Government as looking decisive about cutting back the State and with the OBR holding up the budget for weeks, it looked like the incoming Government was … (View Post)

I think we all agree the nature of the threat has evolved and so by definition must our response. Our infrastructural vulnerabilites (shared, I imagine, by much of Europe) would seem the obvious plac… (View Post)

You've already had (and to your credit admitted) mention of the massive failings of previous Governments notably (but not exclusively) 2010-24. I continue to struggle with the nature of the Russ… (View Post)

Evening all :smile: Have to say I was surprised by John Healey's resignation but we all knew the crunch was coming as defence spending rhetoric bumped into public spending reality. We don't… (View Post)