Both would work if the country was a homogenous entity in which all areas had the same needs, the same kind of people and the same kind of housing. Unfortunately, it doesn't. Newham is not Surrey, Li… (View Post)

I have to say her expressions on the BBC GE night programme last year suggested she wasn't overly enamoured with how events were unfolding in contrast to how Cecil Parkinson took the 1997 results in … (View Post)

Good point - we had the period between July and the Budget when little happened because of the OBR. At the time, I thought it odd but was prepared to accept taking the time to get it right was the be… (View Post)

You're not wrong of course. The problem was coming into office (and there would have been discussions with senior civil servants in advance), it was clear everything that needed to be done couldn't b… (View Post)

Just as it wasn't difficult to laugh at Sunak, Truss and Johnson but that's the nature of politics I suppose. The point, which to your credit you make, is for all the talk of "change" this … (View Post)