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It's hard to understand why UK would follow again after the debacle in Irak. I guess it's some realpolitik bullshit? At least Spain learned its lesson. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world/middleeast/spain-denies-us-air-base.html
Because the government believes in the war. That's why they have made any criticism of Israel illegal. Starmer is literally just a return to Blairism which is why Labour is so unpopular now.
It's not even Blairism friend. It's corporate light bullshit with a dash of authoritarianism thrown in. At least under Blair, services were well provided for. There was no NHS black-hole and social care wasn't at breaking point. There was no laying authoritarian ground work for a incoming fascist frog by abandoning any pretense of personal freedom.
Whilst Blair never really challenged the status quo in any meaningful way, be that reform of either house, evolution to PR or tackling the wealthy's grip on society, he didn't actively seek to worsen it either. For many, his government levelled the playing field economically; and his funding of services benefitted generations of Britons.
Starmer's government is a thinly veiled imitation. One that wraps quasi-austerity in a spending bow whilst making one authoritarian move after another. Lurching from age verification to increased powers to stop legitimate protest.
They are not the same. We'd be better off with a lettuce. But will probably end up with a fascist frog thanks to him betraying his mandate.
One of the most economically interventionist governments in decades. Hardly Blairism.
Because Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein operated in the UK extensively and Andrew was just the tip of the iceberg. Israel probably has blackmail on Starmer and much of parliament.