FPT: I don't think that's necessarily true. If Labour f*ck up badly enough it won't matter much who the Conservative leader is or what they say. As you say, Starmer is a dismal politician with no jud… (View Post)

I think you're right. Being fundamentally ignorant of, and uninterested in, foreign countries, Americans are only capable of thinking about foreign political debates in American terms, despite very d… (View Post)

Centrists are guilty of that too I think - all political partisans are. In fact, it's a hallmark of such people, like having an exaggerated belief in their own competence in government. (View Post)

Age only means what you let it. One of our greatest Prime Ministers was 24 when he assumed the office, and others have been doing decent work into their 70s. And that was before modern medicine. (View Post)

Starmer has never shown the slightest scruple about lying then breaking his promises when it suits him. Even for a lawyer politician he is staggeringly dishonest. What makes you think he'll keep thes… (View Post)