What a stupidly ignorant comment!

Keir Starmer loathes Trump as much as the next Brit does. Starmer is being diplomatic (sycophantic) because he believes circumstances require it … for now.

Yeah, we’re not. We loathe him. Look at the polls.

No, that person deserves to suffer or die, but that doesn’t mean the state should kill them. It serves no purpose except vengeance (it doesn’t deter, doesn’t keep the public safer than incarceration and it certainly doesn’t rehabilitate). A full-life term is enough vengeance in a civilised society.

The death penalty is the mark of an uncivilised society. This is one of the starkest cultural differences between Europeans and Americans, I’m proud to say. I sincerely hope the current sweep of populism doesn’t drag Europeans down to the level of Americans.

There’s an important difference between feeling that the perpetrators of particularly vicious or cruel crimes deserve to die and believing that the state should have the power to execute them.

Plus, I hate some of the cowardly things they’ve done to pander to the lowest common denominator, on climate measures and on rights to free expression in particular. Being slightly less dreadful than Tories isn’t good enough. They need to remember their voters.

I agree, but they need to step up their comms game. I follow politics and it’s still hard to find out what they’ve done, what they’re planning and why. Their comms are worse than dire.

No question, but I think this gap between expectations and the disappointing reality explains the strength of feeling. I can see no other explanation for this govt being less popular than the Tory govts from 2015 onwards - we expected those govts to be utterly shit.

I think the problem is expectations. No one expected May, Johnson, Sunak or Truss would be any better than what came before. Voters wanted real change and were told they’d get it.

America isn’t even a member of the free world any more.

Don’t be stupid.

The biggest single difference I notice is that UK supermarkets are full of ready-cooked meals. In Italy, there are very few. It’s normal to cook from fresh. No additives.