If they wanted a quick win that can be said to go with “Wilson did legal gay sex, abortion and the Race Relations Act, Blair did civil partnerships, Brown did EA2010, Starmer did x” (and fair enough), I don’t understand why not go for full de jure abortion on demand. WAY less problematic surely

Nothing but respect for the people who, asked to “describe Conservative leadership candidates” said “Conservative”

This is making me think who the *actual* Tory Ed Miliband - electorally hopeless but a fundamentally decent human being - would be. Andrew Mitchell?

Fair enough, I stand corrected. It sounded to me as if he’d suddenly started saying thee and thou in the middle of his speeches, but clearly a mistaken impression by The Youth

Come on, it *is* weird. Of course it doesn’t matter and of course Owen obsessively criticises Starmer’s every breath but also I had never heard anyone born after about 1900 call a country “she” until October 7.

I enjoy the implication that throughout the 20th century a significant majority of people were left wing

I keep desperately trying to persuade myself that the unprintable rants my Punjabi Sikh relatives are liable to launch into if Narendra Modi is discussed make it unviable to attempt (2) by making Kashmir (more of) a thing in UK politics

lol I do remember reading about SNC Lavalin and, feeling very confident I know how Westminster systems work, assuming he had… hours? left in power

You’d think that the point you’re accusing THERESA MAY of being too liberal on immigration is the moment to assess whether you’ve gone off the deep end slightly

This is Jack Porter, who made his debut for Arsenal in goal last night. He was born on 15th July 2008. Spurs have not won a trophy in his lifetime.