Q+A: The Answers

Thanks very much for all your excellent questions by comment and email.

Sam has answered questions on the following topics:

• The upcoming by-elections

• How to get a job in Westminster

• What happens to the Tories after a defeat

• Devolution

• Why some ministers are more effective than others

• Why the UK is so bad at capital investment

• How might a minority Labour government play out

• Whether we can really describe our education system as a success

• Policy successes

Lawrence has answered on:

• How the substack has changed his approach as an analyst

• Ramifications of a Russian loss for countries that have taken their side

• Putin’s domestic support

• Pros and cons of Russian instability for the West

• The impact of the Prigozhin mutiny

• What’s happening with Wagner soliders / capability

• The counter-offensive (with a longer post on this at the weekend)

• China and Taiwan

If we didn’t answer your question apologies - we had a lot! But we have taken inspiration from several for future posts. We think we’ll stick with this format as it’s more manageable and will allow us to do more regular Q+As for paid subscribers. Answers after the paywall.