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spent my bike ride home thinking about politics. while all this Labour party stuff has went on, Theresa May set out some actual policies
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& they're... sensible? fairly left wing? have a focus on inequality and supporting not-London? (they're pretty similar to Milliband's pitch)
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like, May's track record as Home Secretary still suggests she's evil on a stick... but where does Labour go up against that?
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it's kind of hard to credit these days, politicians doing very smart long term thinking and not massively fucking things up. credit to her.
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Oh, good, Tom Watson is going for her theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/jul/13/pmqs-cameron-may-reshuffle-labour-leadership-bid-as-mcdonnell-defends-claim-that-anti-corbyn-plotters-fucking-useless-politics-live?page=with:block-57868297e4b033b610b6dcab#block-57868297e4b033b610b6dcab him and Khan seem to be the only ones in Labour who are currently effective.