You couldn't ask for more open goals to run against. And yet Biden was unable to land a single attack on Trump – on even his obvious weaknesses (abortion, Jan 6, moral character) let alone genuinely contested issues like the economy and immigration. He cannot run.

Flattering references to George W. Bush & Reagan in the Democratic response to Trump’s speech. Do Democrats not realise that voters destroyed the Republican Party of old (with the Tea party and then Trump) because they hated it - not because they liked it?

Where are the centres of power these days? A #qanda questioner petitions a Cabinet minister to reduce immigration. Instead of speaking in favour of either lower or higher numbers, Mark Butler simply answers as if it is entirely out of his & the government’s control.

In his defence, it’s very difficult not to do that when you’re a 2000s politician in a 2020s world. We’re in one of those great political transition periods where, unless they’re willing to take the bull by the horns, leaders will just sink.

Continues to amaze how afraid senior politicians are to actually exercise power these days. Reports that No 10 has lost confidence in the Cabinet Secretary. Okay? Wake up tomorrow and sack him.

More astonishing intellectual star power. The PM of a G7 economy has no idea what he believes about welfare until some long-winded review tells him what to think.

Only took three months (and he still hasn't gone)