I agree. There is no mechanism by which he can be ejected, and no self-awareness by which he will resign. (View Post)

That's a good point: that you can achieve a lot with less fuss as a Minister than you can as PM, and the PM has little power and more grief. I must point out that is particularly true at the mom… (View Post)

...hence the modifier "-adjacent". We keep forgetting that it's extraordinary that a *Labour* Home Secretary is proposing voluntary repatriation as a policy, a policy that I thought di… (View Post)

Referendums do not create a settlement, as we spent 2016-2019 proving. If she really wants to do this anti libertarian thing, put it in the manifesto and defend it in the runup to the GE. Then if she… (View Post)

The relative in hospital (who I was convinced was going to die and whose symptoms indicated exactly that) was discharged from hospital earlier this week, albeit into the arms of a care team. I am now… (View Post)