The new Downing Street spokesperson will be taking on a poisoned chalice – here's my advice
One of the most depressing yet inevitable features of British politics is its mimicry of American politics. I blame The West Wing. Like many a political hack of a certain age, I was obsessed with the show and thought that once I started working in Westminster, we would walk everywhere very fast while pontificating about philosophical dilemmas, throwing in the odd baseball metaphor. Alas, British politics was more Green Wing.