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Oh, agreed. I believe they were encouraged to take a leave of absence by the local managers, not by anyone senior (and certainly not Sunak). And it's now been left as-is because it saves Sunak from having to do anything.

Both of these took "a leave of absence". From what's been reported, it's implied they did so voluntarily. But suspect we should assume they are suspended until investigations are completed.

And let's not forget that the ability to recover any of it was negatively impacted by Sunak himself initially deciding it wasn't worth trying to recover it at all. They only belatedly made any effort at all, by which time the fraudsters will have had plenty of time to hide the money and make it...

Let's not forget May. The Maybot helped to set the trajectory.

Nah, it'll be the G3.5 for him. He only does things by halves.

UK is currently stuck in a bit of a canyon on this. The aging population we have today is one that worked most of its working life relying on the state pension for support after retirement. Workplace pensions, personal pensions ... there was a lot less awareness of these options. The former...

Regardless, using Sky TV as an example of something he "went without" is not going to endear him with many. That's still, IMO, an answer that says "I'm out of touch". Sky TV is the least of the "going without" worries for so many out there today. He'll have alienated a lot of voters who are...

It's helpful that Mims is switching to the new East Grinstead seat. That'll take the "incumbent" name recognition boost out of the equation for Mid Sussex. I'm in Uckfield, so at some point I'll need to educate myself on who might be best placed to defeat Mims. Was a minefield in previous...

Hence why I said any means testing system needs to be very well designed. Things I would *not* be in favour of includes both of those things you mention here. Actively monitoring bank accounts as part of the means testing is a step too far, IMO, especially given the government has already proven...

As much as I really, really hate the current Tory government and the vast majority of their policies, I'd actually be in favour of a well-designed system for means testing recipients of any form of payments from the government. IMO means testing is actually a policy that would benefit the left...

Not the first time this thicko has propagated baseless conspiracy theories, either. She seems to be very, very gullible.

Voted Green or pro-Gaza independent and cost Labour seats in the locals.

This is worth a read: Long and the short of it: no, I don't think the Muslim voter effect is being captured accurately in the polling. Apart from anything else, the areas where the population of Muslim voters is large enough tends to be very localised. Although it might explain why we're...

I'll be very, very surprised if it actually happens like that. The polls will, inevitably, close somewhat once the GE is called and campaigning gets underway. The Tories will win back some voters (particularly from Reform), and a lot of currently "shy" Tory voters saying "I don't know" on the...

For now, I think we need to give Labour some leeway when it comes to announcing their strategic plans for when they inevitably take over government. For the following reasons: 1. I believe at the current time they have not been granted full access to the data that spells out exactly what...

Rather than copy and paste, maybe add some context? That quote is useless without the context of which council. Harlow, btw.

From a purely political strategic view, you are of course correct: the only hope Sunak / the Tories have of winning the next GE is to push it out as long as possible and hope that something happens that can swing enough voters back their way. HOWEVER Sunak may not have that option available to...

Cat amongst the pigeons time? Could we be looking back in a few weeks and seeing today as the day that set in motion Sunak calling a snap GE for ASAP instead if waiting for a Rwanda flight?

I saw an article a while back re: Brighton's 20mph zones and enforcement. From memory there was a quote from the local police to the effect that enforcing it wasn't cost effective. Partly because their view was that in an awful lot of the 20mph zones it simply wasn't possible for anyone to speed...

To be fair to the Tories, as much as they opposed the original 20mph default for all the wrong reasons, I believe the current plans to revert (not everywhere, is my understanding) is because they've (not the Tories) realised they went too far with the across-the-board 20mph imposition and that...