Labour’s election offer was ‘putting the managed back into managed decline’ but it’s questionable that they’ve even achieved that low bar.

Inability to discuss Europe truthfully is just a part of that

<sets fire to country>

“Why all this smoke is a problem for Labour”

Generally I’m sceptical of the value for money of private schooling but booooy was I wrong during that period.

Letting private schools decide they could give Quentin all A*s with barely no moderation was I imagine priceless to some parents

I reckon that sentiment will be applicable to a large swathe of the forthcoming smorgasbord

Instinctively I agree with this but it does also show its flaw: there aren’t that many of them and Labour need to grapple with the fact that the average taxpayer needs to pay more.

I increasingly feel that sophisticated analysis of UK politics can be replaced wholesale with the dog meme (electorate included)

I’ll admit I’m totally unwilling to countenance this - solely because I believe (against all expectations) there should be a strong norm that punishes parties who leave traps for their successors.

(Still, looking forward to getting even worse public services for even more tax, because the Median Taxpayer must remain untouched)

Yarvin’s ideas and delivery are generally indistinct from those that might be screamed into your face outside a tube station by somebody already onto their third bottle of Buckfast

I suppose there’s nothing to stop them expanding product types whilst limiting eligibility based on income… especially as consistency doesn’t seem to be a high priority for this govt

Isn’t the 12 month period where she can’t face a leadership challenge up? Maybe she’s just making the most of her remaining time in post…

They heard the uproar made about Agricultural Property Relief removal and thought ‘sounds fun, let’s do fifty of those’

TBF the BBC have managed to mitigate this by making their election coverage unwatchable

Surprisingly unpainful IME.

But perhaps I’m comparing favourably to the channel islands where you seemingly need to provide all documents transcribed using quill on
vellum and under wax seal.

Still, I reckon another asylum crackdown will solve it

This is why, even if breaking the (dumb) manifesto pledge was unpopular, 100s of mini tax rises + ongoing visible decay in the public realm will be worse in polling terms over time.

I think there's something in this. The Tories' view was that immigrants should get nothing from the state for their taxes.

Labour have maintained this approach but also widened it to include anyone earning vaguely more than median income: "You're rich. Pay up and shut up"