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Very few things in politics are objective 'truths', whether uncomfortable or not. It took me several decades of living to gradually realise this. Politically speaking, we arrive where we are via a countless mass of experiences, some trivial, some profound. Each one of us owns a unique...

If you can be bothered ploughing through this stuff you'll get a good idea. Some changesd may well have been foisted on him by changes to the economy but others do seem like a nervousness about appearing too radical...

But he’s been all over the place through his political career. No one knows what he’s about. Remember the platform he stood on to be elected as leader? He’s renounced nearly all of it. And despite his promise to embrace all sides of the party, he’s actually been pretty ruthless in removing or...

That’s not my recollection at all. He cosied up to Murdoch and got The Sun on his side. I didn’t blame him. Thought it rather astute, in fact. He even had Thatcher offering guarded praise. Hence New Labour rather than same old Labour. I understand the game Starmer’s playing but he has to be...

I'm not going out of my way to defend him as I find him a bit annoying. But in the social media age, that’s how plenty of people make a living. If he was a photographer or chef, he might have a YouTube channel on those topics. But he’s a political journalist so that’s what he has a channel...

He’s a journalist writing an opinion piece, as he’s presumably contracted to do, for the Guardian. It’s how he earns his living.

This tribal derision makes no sense, but it’s hardly surprising given the NSC groupthink mentality. I don’t care much for Owen Jones but I thought his piece in the Guardian today on this subject was well worth reading. It reflects what I’ve thought for a long time, that there is no excitement...