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Don't worry I'm sure the bbc will have louise redknapp on laure kuensbberg's programme at 9am to balance it up

If you are going to quote from the andrew neil/adam Smith institute funded spectator then please give the full context. Rather than this being because we are overrun by foreigners, it's because we were a net emigration country but we are now keeping so many more people who aren't going to...

As a labour party member I am uncomfortable that elphick has been welcomed. It seems weird that we have a party that doesn't have diane Abbott in it but we do have Natalie elphick. Having said which, there are many other labour party members I disagree with and have to accommodate them. She...

The answer to your question is 'yes ' the system can cope with it because (if you pardon the term) it's a drop in the ocean against the 'controlled legal migration ' we do have. It's easier to process in say france than it is to deal with claims by boats. If there are legal routes then it has...

I too met Dennis Healey. I served him in a business I worked for. My colleague kept saying to him 'Go on, do your catchphrase. Y'know, the one off the telly'. Healey, very calmly explained that it wasnt his catchphrase and that it was something a tv comic/impressionist (mike yarwood) had said...

I know this will end up as TL:DR but for those calling out for costed policies, all of this was part of that announcement Labour has now given costings for setting up a proposed state-owned energy company GB Energy. They say it will cost £8.3bn – previously they'd just said it would be...

I agree. Its sensible to balance electorate sizes. However it nearly always benefits the incumbent. Thats why the 2010 consultation boundary changes didnt happen (lib dems wouldnt support) nor 2015 (lost on the tide of brexit) Next likely change will be 2030 and if so consultation will start...

It is indeed. And one wonders why the poll is out and the point the telegraph (although yougov are distancing themselves from it) re Tice/Farage being the cause of the meltdown and if they didnt stand the tories might stand a chance Todays research re new boundaries shows what we all felt at...

I assume the face palm is because he declared flying in a qatari funded private jet to a conference hosted in their country. Given labour have vowed to cut back uk govt funded private jet use can you see the difference? Note the use of declared..visible, public and open. Its not the gotcha...

Trouble is that policy is heavy. The how is generally there but people snooze off with it. In todays 30 second soundbite 140 character world, people dont do detail. As an example, the day last year when labour initially announced the fee paying school tax changes, alex forsyth from the bbc...

Conservatives have twice turned down request for opposition access. It can now be forced this month. Usually happens c16 months before an election but can be forced at 12. Last 2 elections were called at short notice so these didn't happen. Now sunak says second half of year it could be just 6...

You are correct. Usually when the manifesto is published

I didnt say you were. They are your govt (and mine) I was just musing if you had criticised this policy of theirs?

Psst its a similar policy to your current tory govt (albeit with more elements of infrastructure planning). Where have you criticised that policy?

Psst its a similar policy to your current tory govt (albeit with more elements of infrastructure planning). Where have you criticised that policy?

Of course they have policies. But you wont get a manifesto until election time. The way the govt are bleeding out money nobody can be certain what will be left. You do know that convention is the govt allow civil servants to meet opposition parties in the lead up to an election? Usually 16mths...

I agree. I remember Blair being criticised as centre right. Well if a labour govt (and to be honest it will need 2 terms given the mess they could inherit) achieved half of what the 1997 and 2001 govts achieved I would be very very happy. And yes I do realise that because of iraq and...

That isnt what he said. The language always comes before the actions. I very much doubt that most of the current tory MPs would want to go that far, but it doesnt stop the language being very similar to that of the early 30s. And that was the point he made. Once the language is normalised then...

A sir can be PM. A lord has to renounce it to enter the commons

Have you read the full article? He doesnt profess love for Thatcher. He talks about needing a strategy and effecting meaningful change. He names atlee and blair as well. All 3 of them had an ideology, a plan and a strategy. I hate so much about Thatcher but i cant doubt she honestly believed in...