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Am I the only one who thinks Starmer is doing okay (just okay, not amazing)?

I'm not so deluded as to think the UK is a world power, or even a major regional one anymore.

I don't think whomever is in charge could seriously turn things around; whether that be Badenoch, Starmer, Farage, Davey or Denyer.

We're living in bad times, with bad actors like Trump, Xi, Putin all pretending to be the good guys but doing horrible things, and no one really wants to make the tough choices to stop them, or explain to us that, yep, our economies are so interlinked if Trump fucks up America, he fucks up the world.....

Am I the only one who thinks Starmer is doing okay (just okay, not amazing)?

I'm not so deluded as to think the UK is a world power, or even a major regional one anymore.

I don't think whomever is in charge could seriously turn things around; whether that be Badenoch, Starmer, Farage, Davey or Denyer.

We're living in bad times, with bad actors like Trump, Xi, Putin all pretending to be the good guys but doing horrible things, and no one really wants to make the tough choices to stop them, or explain to us that, yep, our economies are so interlinked if Trump fucks up America, he fucks up the world.....

I agree. Given a hypothetical choice, a world run by, say, Starmer and Macron
would be considerably safer and saner than one run by Trump, Netanyahu and Putin.

Arguably the world was run by Starmers and Macrons in the past and their failure to address the underlying problems created the conditions that Trump et al could win

Phew, thank goodness for that "arguably".

A contributor on LBC this evening said in the face of Trump and Netanyahu thank goodness for Starmer and Macron.

*de-lurks*

Is World War III about to kick off?

*re-lurks*

Can I plead with you to delurk permanently? The whys and wherefores of the last war seem meaningless compared to the direct realities of this new war. You are far closer than we are and your input to discussions would be very much appreciated.

Ah but will he be treated with courtesy and respect, or subjected to the usual PB purity test where not holding one view automatically makes you a shill for our enemies ?

With his personal investment in both Ukraine and the Middle East why subject yourself to it from people thousands of miles away 🤔

Physical location does not matter. Neither does stated attachments.

You simply cannot support Ukraine and Trump. I treated @Sandpit with courtesy and respect, whilst pointing that out. I often liked his comments, and valued his input. But it did not detract from the fact you simply cannot support Trump and Ukraine.

If Sandpit would like to tell us how the first ~6 months of Trump's presidency has helped Ukraine, I'd be all ears.