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Indeed. They would have been very busy for 14 years.

Yep anything could happen, including Labour winning again.

He made a mistake in appointing him. He has admitted that and apologised.
Starmer is not the criminal, or the child abuser, nor is he the one that has set the Middle East ablaze.
Perhaps more of the focus needs to be on those guilty of all that.

The only one that really matters is not until 2029.
When the country will find the idea of a Reform or Green Govt was just a fantasy, as has been seen so many times before.

I didn't say that the matter wasn't related, or important.
My point was about the time and scrutiny spent on it, as the headline story, when the world burns...

As expected, BBC News going ape about the released Mandelson files.
Dissecting every word, spending 15 mins on Andrew Neil's opinion about it, desperately trying to find any morsel they can use against Starmer, who made an error & apologised.
Meanwhile the Middle East burns & a mad man runs the US.

Call off King's US state visit over Iran war, urge Lib Dems The party says the planned trip should be scrapped after Donald Trump's criticism of the UK's response to the war.

Cancel the April state visit to the US.

A state visit from our King should not be given to someone who repeatedly insults our country.

What a farce...
Normal people knew this was absolute garbage at the time, but nevertheless, the media rammed it down our throats.
Now, as the Middle East is literally on fire, why aren't the media and decent politicians calling out Trump and those that ran with it?

Yep and how about backing the PM and the Government on this, instead of scoring cheap political points, like the ones you mention?
Don't forget you went into coalition with those toff Tories, so backing a Lab Govt at a time of crisis, shouldn't be too hard, Ed.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to President Trump’s latest outburst.

“The job of the British PM is to take decisions in the national interest of the U.K., not in the interests of other countries… we don’t outsource foreign policy to other countries”.

#bbclaurak

Not particularly a Monarchy fan, but I think the good people of the UK would expect something like this from the King about now.
"Dear President Trump,
When one insults the PM of the UK, its Government, its armed forces and its people, one does not get the favour of, nor visits from its King."
🖕

When Corbyn and Polanski are saying Starmer has taken us into an illegal war and Farage and Badenoch say we should have been involved with the US attack on Iran, not bystanders, I'd say you have got it just about right.
Well done Keir Starmer.

She's absolutely desperate to be relevant, no matter what he cost...
Oh, and failing miserably.

So you can jog on with your insults and go annoy someone else with your ridiculous comments.
Bye..........

Thank you HotDog for the multiple replies and for the insults.
I guessed that was what you wanted to do from the start, rather than simply discuss and then agree to disagree.
I came to this site to escape people like you, who were usually from the right.
On here though many from the left are as bad.

Winning a GE for starters, which is more than your idol and messiah could do, even with two attempts.

Like I said, one of only 4 to ever win a GE.
He deserves a fair chance and internationally he is very smart.
The far left and the far right can do the talk, because they will never ever be in power. That's easy.

Worst Labour leader ever???
Yet one of only 4 Labour leaders ever, to win a General Election.
And its that which matters, because everything else is mostly meaningless unless you are in Govt.
Corbyn tried twice and couldn't do it. Many others failed too.

Sorry I disagree.
14 yrs of destruction to turn around, along with a Trumpian world, is not an easy task for anyone.
He got elected with Lab for 5 yrs. Its been less than 2 yrs, lets give him a chance.
Come 2029, the country can boot him out if they want.
I don't see any credible alternative though.

Although he often gets things wrong, what he gets right is a lot more than rare.
So I disagree.

PMQ's.
Starmer to Badenoch:

"Moments like this define a Leader of the Opposition. They can either step up, act in the national interest and show that they're fit to be Prime Minister, or they can expose their utter irrelevance.”

Brilliant.

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

Media must stop normalizing the far right
Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences

www.politico.eu/article/medi...

I agree Spain may be leading, but the UK seems to be a strong second to me. We shall see.

No one with a shred of decency likes bullies.
Those same people admire those who stand up to a bully.
So whatever your politics, if you are British, we have a PM to be proud of today.
He stood up to a bully when it counted and said no.

Trump previously insulted & belittled our armed services. Many died & were injured aiding the US.
Today he insulted not just our PM but all the UK.
The people of the US are our friends, but make no mistake we will not forget these insults from your elected President.
You have a madman in charge.

Yep, I know all about Churchill. I am more than happy with the PM we have right now. He is leagues above his opponents and certainly above Trump. Nevertheless, Churchill would have seen right through Trump.

He said no to Trump, something few world leaders have done.

We have our idiots over here too, luckily at a time like this, we have a calm, serious, intelligent leader. Everything Trump isn’t.

Starmer is not Winston Churchill, the orange turd insinuates.
Trump, the President that makes tricky Dickie Nixon, look like the pope.
By the way, Churchill would have called Trump out for what he is, another fascist to defeat.

We all feel the consequences of our own Govt's actions, no matter who we are.
Now sod off and take your nonsense drivel elsewhere please.