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Britain is about to get her sixth Prime Minister in seven years. Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation from the highest political office in the United Kingdom from outside the famous black front door of Number 10, Downing Street on Monday, and will apparently leave in September. This is a fast-moving story, and as I write there is talk about Starmer leaving office in July if there is no leadership contest. (more…)
Théodore Chassériau – Le Spectre de Banquo. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Théodore Chassériau – Le Spectre de Banquo. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Like Macbeth in Dunsinane, Sir Keir Starmer grows isolated. The British Prime Minister (PM) is loathed by the public, certainly, but that is of no importance to Starmer’s handlers, or “policy advisers” as they are euphemistically called. When these humorless young men and women look at negative polling indicating that the public—meaning the white public—intensely dislike current government policy, they will attempt the closest that sort of person gets to a smile. (more…)