I don't agree with this at all. Starmer has been strongest when he's been seen as a non-partisan, uncorrupt alternative to Johnsonism, uniting the centre and left over the last few months. … (View Post)

I tend to agree with that. Ukraine isn't planning to join NATO anytime soon, anyway, judging from what Zelenskiy was saying yesterday ; thus making that relatively little loss for much wider gai… (View Post)

The Mandelson tendency seem to be back. If this sort of thing continues, Starmer will lose almost everything he's gained over the last few months. (View Post)

The West itself shooting down Russian aircraft, even unmanned, could take us further than the Cuban missile crisis in this situation, I would say. I'm sure that military planners know that, whic… (View Post)

It happens every time, and seems to have been poor politics. It sounds like Mandelson might be back again with some of the advice ; it got no coverage whatsoever in it outlets like the Mail, where it… (View Post)