I could easily draw you up a list of prime ministers in my living memory, i.e. Thatcher onwards, that proves how each one of them was incompetent, with the exception of Gordon Brown maybe...
That's unexpected. I'd say that from Thatcher to Cameron inclusive, Brown was clearly the worst prime minister in terms of managerial competence.
2025-12-08 00:53:51
I don’t get the Corbyn hate/dismissiveness
There's a test, originating in the Labour party in the late 19th century - is he competent to run a whelk stall?
Anyone who's worked with Corbyn knows that he isn't.
He shares this disability with BoJo, Dubya, Trump, and sundry other politicians. I don't hate him for it; I just don't want him to be in charge of anything I care about.
2025-12-05 21:50:44
I had quite a lot to say about Corbyn when he was Labour leader, little of it good.
Zarah Sultana: I know I'm older and I think I'm wiser than she is. She could do a lot of good in the future.
Zack Polanski: Rory Stewart's gotcha about debt interest didn't prove much: few could have answered it accurately (it's the other side of the coin from asking a politician if they know the price of a pint of milk). . But when it comes to economics Polanski doesn't actually seem to know what he's talking about. I may well vote Green at some point anyway.
2025-12-05 00:17:07
There are people in the UK well to the left of me whom I respect. They ought to have a party to represent their views. But Your Party seems to me to represent almost no one apart from its activists.
Meanwhile, perhaps the only good thing about Trump is his willingness to fall asleep during utterly pointless meetings.
I could easily draw you up a list of prime ministers in my living memory, i.e. Thatcher onwards, that proves how each one of them was incompetent, with the exception of Gordon Brown maybe...
That's unexpected. I'd say that from Thatcher to Cameron inclusive, Brown was clearly the worst prime minister in terms of managerial competence.
I don’t get the Corbyn hate/dismissiveness
There's a test, originating in the Labour party in the late 19th century - is he competent to run a whelk stall?
Anyone who's worked with Corbyn knows that he isn't.
He shares this disability with BoJo, Dubya, Trump, and sundry other politicians. I don't hate him for it; I just don't want him to be in charge of anything I care about.
I had quite a lot to say about Corbyn when he was Labour leader, little of it good.
Zarah Sultana: I know I'm older and I think I'm wiser than she is. She could do a lot of good in the future.
Zack Polanski: Rory Stewart's gotcha about debt interest didn't prove much: few could have answered it accurately (it's the other side of the coin from asking a politician if they know the price of a pint of milk). . But when it comes to economics Polanski doesn't actually seem to know what he's talking about. I may well vote Green at some point anyway.
There are people in the UK well to the left of me whom I respect. They ought to have a party to represent their views. But Your Party seems to me to represent almost no one apart from its activists.
Meanwhile, perhaps the only good thing about Trump is his willingness to fall asleep during utterly pointless meetings.