Come on, that lesson was learned in September 1992, it had just been forgotten. It had also been taught in the 60s and 70s as well - devaluation anyone? France learned it in the Mitterrand Presidency… (View Post)

Yes and I accept on that basis she was always going to be in trouble once the sharks smelt blood in the water and I suspect Starmer knew that too. As I said earlier, part of my thoughts on the night … (View Post)

Your comments of the last few days strongly indicated you'd be delighted to see Rayner humiliated and forced to resign. I'm not quite sure why though I suspect it's to do with what she said about Con… (View Post)

I don't agree - the turning point was the GFC in 2008. The noughties were very reasonable until the fall of Lehman Brothers - we coped well on cheap food, cheap fuel, cheap money and endlessly rising… (View Post)

As others have said, after a difficult start (and I do wonder how much the Chagos Islands resolution was down to Starmer himself) , he's done well this year balancing the difficult relationships with… (View Post)