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he does not have to be the top candidate. Second best in the first round is equally good. TM was given the job by MPs, not this time, the ERG will get their man in.

that would be David Davis. JRM may set him up to be the fall guy.

the UK will need to seek an extension of A50 so that a new PM can get his/her head around negotiating a new deal. If a new deal is not approved by parliament, the next step will be to call a general election to strengthen the government's majority. if TM is forced out, creepy JRM is likely the...

the brexiteers are going to make real their threat this coming week. TM will be forced to take side. If she refuses to give up the NI backstop, they will mount a leadership challenge. They have nothing left to lose and are certain to win a straight membership vote. If there is a deal, there will...

there are simply fewer people who feel 'winners' than losers.

they were inside the pub where Nigel Farage was seen handing over pints.

I referred to rebalancing the tax burden. JC should be able to renationalise the railways and possibly buying back some of the water companies but shifting the tax burden to the rich and to corporation tax is a very dodgy game.

if TM succeeds in getting her deal through parliament, these EU treaties will be a lot better understood becaue we'll continue to compare being out and follow all the rules in order to stay in the SM and full membership. I have little doubt that if another referendum is called toward then end...

the right wing press will say it's a stitch up and want another referendum. The key thing is it's useless if the current parliament repeats the same cycle: authorise a second referendum but can't respect the result because there is no majority for any form of brexit. we need a new GE to create...

I think John McDonnell wants to fund it with bonds. The plan is credible as long as the bond yields a reasonable return (say 4+%), that means we can solve the problem of pollution and under investment but the cost to the home owners will remain high for another generation.

then the eurosceptics will ask for another referendum. Nigel Farage will still be the boss of UKIP.

it would cost upward of 90 billions to buy back the water companies. it could be funded via government bonds but then it can't really be called renationalisation because it will be owned by pension companies, they will still put their shareholders first.

52/48 is not all in or all out and not many people would want half in half out. we'd need a clear majority in parliament to pass the brexit deal and if a second referendum is called, a clear margin to reverse brexit.

most likely.

I regretfully don't think JC is going to succeed albeit I wish he will. They are certainly worthwhile aspirations. In some ways, the railways is already mostly public owned. The Post Office works reasonably well like it is, not worth giving it a priority. The water companies are expensive to buy...

in truth, Clegg has done a lot more for this country than the majority of MPs sitting in parliament at the moment. He forced the tories to push up tax free allowance, reduced children's poverty and has been pushing for reversing brexit ever since the vote. The last bit explains why the tory...

neither is JC. Both of them may have something in common: they spell out the aspirations of the young voters. Not that long ago, both DC and Ed Miliband 'agree with Nick' so much so that the LibDems won a record number of seats. What are politicians supposed to do other than spelling out the...

have been politicians are practically all undeserving nonentity in the context. Where are his contemporaries David Cameron and George Osborne now? I feel sorry for Clegg. He made promises that he did not deliver but then, other party leaders do the same at each GE. He should be judged against...

I don't know why you want to talk about Nick Clegg. It's clear that since he's lost his seat in the last GE, he's just a celebrity looking for a proper job. He stands no chance as a candidate in the next GE, so the only way is a city job or some PR job. David Miliband went to NY so why not Nick...

Michel Barnier explains brexit: "I don’t want to impose a hard Brexit. A hard Brexit is the absence of a deal and I am working for a deal. But Brexit can’t be soft. It has innumerable consequences. It was chosen by the British. Were they well informed at the time they voted? They were not told...