I have to be wary of my own (anti-Tory) bias, but two days ago the BBC politics live feed image was Sunak playing football, one day ago it Sunak smiling and pointing, and today it's Rachel Reeves making a funny face. We also get Ed Davey falling off a paddle board today. I'm just pointing out what I see. #ukpol#ge2024
Why would the nationalisation of Thames Water end up putting its debt on the public books? If a company goes bust, and the govt buys the remains, surely the investors simply lose their investment and the debt falls to zero?
They want water companies to operate as profit makers, so they should accept when they go bust too.
I would like to meet the person who advised Sunak that National Service would be a policy to win an election.
Quite apart from being a bad idea on many levels, I'm amazed at its stupidity as an election policy. #ukpol#ukpolitics
After a late night wine and politics session with my grandson and his partner, Sunak's seemingly crazy policy announcements suddenly make sense.
He is not trying to defeat Labour. He's trying to defeat Reform. In the light of that, National Service makes sense. Labour may trounce the Tories, but Reform could completely destroy them. Ergo, try to take the wind from Reform, everyone else has already left the room. #ukpol#ukpolitics