Agree with your last points. Wholly regrettable. American politics is exponentially more polarized, corrupt, and batshit than Britain’s. Gresham’s law applies. (View Post)

Precisely! In now way is the murder of Charlie Kirk - one of countless MAGA influencers - a geopolitical incident of note. Unless you have terminally online brain rot. A disease that seems to have ta… (View Post)

The Mandelson thing will blow over, despite the frotting on here by usual suspects like Big G. But the long-term structural problem is that Starmer has no political nous of his own and no sense of po… (View Post)

It’s not obvious to me that Trump gives a shit who is UK Ambassador during his State Visit. The pre-emptive genuflection is saddening. When did Britain become a wholly-owned entity of the United Stat… (View Post)

Mandelson is extraordinarily good at his job (and admired by those he works with). However, he is an ethical disaster. Almost Boris-levels. (View Post)