Quote of the day 18th March 2026

"Since the fall of Cameron, no Prime Minister has completed a full electoral term. Each of his successors has run out of political road before then. 

Most have been done in by their own party when their political capital was exhausted. Only Rishi Sunak was ousted by the public. 

Perhaps even more remarkably, Edward Heath was the last Prime Minister to enter and exit Downing Street via an election. It appears that two or three years of leadership is becoming the new norm."


John Oxley, extract from a Conservative Home article which you can read in full at

John Oxley: Are we in a new phase for all Prime Ministers? The era of 'two year Keir' | Conservative Home

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Jim said…
Kier has been failing pretty much from the start, today the speaker had to warn him for trying to turn PMQs into leader of the oppsion questions.
whys he still there? - my thinking is that the current labour party are passengers on an Aircraft, they all know the pilot is going to crash it, and he has to go, of that there is no doubt. Thing is none of them know how to fly the aircraft.
1:28 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
Yes. You are quite right, Jim.

This week's PMQs was an absolute absurdity, the Prime minister didn't even pretend to answer most of the the questions and instead fired off questions and attacks on the opposition on completely different subjects.
1:46 am
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