Ave atque vale!

Starmer announces his resignation in tears of self pity that would have been better shed for the victims of rape gangs or US bombs.

The American constitution has some good points, especially the First Amendment, but basically the American congress and administration is for sale. 

How wonderful that England (by which I mean the Ukay) can get rid of bad leaders quickly when everyone sees through them.

What a terrible PM he has been. A human rights lawyer who instructed the RN to help US ships commit piracy, who condemned Putin for invading Ukraine but not America for attacking Venezuela and Iran, who made a non-violent protest group a terrorist organisation and imprisoned its members for years without the jury knowing what penalty they faced, etc.

He hid the truth about Pakistani gang rapes of vulnerable white girls for fear of losing votes.

A practiced liar who pretended to be left-wing to win the Labour leadership and then became an authoritarian leader who expelled all sorts of left-wing MPs from his party for specious reasons.

I admit I loathe his voice too and wooden self consciousness.

The Telegraph says

Starmer won a landslide... but had no idea what to do with it

This was true of Sir A Blair, as he then wasn't, in 1997. At least Sir Keir did much less harm than Sir Anthony.

Former Labour minister Tom Harris is right when he says:

Keir Starmer never quite got the hang of politics, let alone the job of prime minister. And now he won’t have to keep trying.

And he did try. Watching him make the effort was at times painful. Part of Starmer must have known there was something different, something lacking in his personality that made politics a foreign language to him.

The Prime Minister has his talents, to be sure, but they belong in chambers, not in Westminster or Whitehall.