Since I wrote this midweek, the weight on Starmer’s shoulders has become even heavier, the task even greater. But as dark as things are, the prize is still there, if he has the political imagination to take it.
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Lewis Goodall
These are dark days. But for Starmer, the collapse of the old order is a moment of political promise. He can use it to remake his premiership and the continent: new political space has unfolded before him in every direction.
Will he seize it? New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Will he seize it? New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Not wholly his fault though, our sphere of influence has diminished significantly over the last +30 years
Public support for Ukraine, engagement with allies and a dispassionate analysis of tactical/strategic options is exactly what’s needed right now, not politics by social media.
https://youtu.be/oMQ9sXCIJGM
I hope Jon Sopel can change his "playing a joker" rhetoric to "dangling a carrot ... and then showing that Zelensky knows how to take it."
Starmer's playing a blinder I think.
Rapidly.
He's a fop.
he never wanted a deal with Ukraine.
Trump’s only gods are wealth and power-Putin is his role model.
He agreed to help Putin take Ukraine long ago.
Trump thinks Putin is a better ally
Horrifying but obvious.
Awful times