Starmer is not very deft, and what he says tends to land badly (most of us have I think acknowledged that, certainly since becoming PM, Starmer is possessed of some intangible quality that just makes… (View Post)

Happy New Year all, On paper I agree that it will be difficult to remove Starmer. What is unknown at this stage is that if a coup is attempted and things get very messy, how strongly he would fight i… (View Post)

This is all the precursor to a Ukrainian settlement which will go much further and wider than we think, even if it isn’t formally recorded. The world is about to be carved up into zones of influence … (View Post)

Quite. We are reverting to the Cold War, but with the rules of engagement governed by even more self-interest than ideology. (View Post)

This is one of those stories where the optics matter more than the underlying facts. The optics being that Starmer has made another clanger by tweeting using words like “delighted” and “top priority”… (View Post)