Hmm, let's look at that shall we? Since the EU started the process to admit the Eastern European countries, it has: - launched a single currency, then seen it nearly fall apart - implemented the… (View Post)

Also countries that do elect serious socialists generally get sick of them once the money runs out, e.g. France 1981-83 or us in the mid-70s. (View Post)

If Corbyn had won in 2019, as looked possible at some times that year, we'd probably be paying reparations now. (View Post)

Even if Starmer gets to Blair-like levels of popularity in southern England (and I think it would take about a billion years for that to happen) he's up against a much more formidable Conservati… (View Post)

I agree. I think a lesson from the last century or so, since mass communication started, is that the more charismatic candidate usually wins. Nobody has ever accused Starmer of being charismatic, tha… (View Post)