It's not just bent politicians, it's c*nts who like to see c*nts getting away with it bcos it validates their status as c*nts. But no, you weren't making a fair point citing the medical officer, you were in an altered state to make these skunk-infused ramblings, it's a shame you weren't potty-trained at gunpoint and brought up in a redundant slum town then you'd see things as they really are.

And have the media outlets who published fake news been given a blast? ( I don’t mean by Van Tam who I think is a very good communicator)

Ah, screeching

A weeny bit sexist there Darren

Clearly she didn’t screech. But saying she did massively downgrades her contribution

It’s what happens when you allow hysterical women air time.

Yeah, I think this is right. Centrism offers nothing when it comes nationalism and culture wars. And if the Tories continue to use nationalism as a Trojan Horse with which to smuggle in and further their economic agenda, then Starmer's going to struggle.

This idea, though, of a battle between democratic and authoritarian systems - how democratic are we? Every 5 years we get a choice between basically two parties. I mean, if you went to a restaurant and there were only two dishes on the menu, you'd walk out. But when it comes to how we're governed and how we live, that's all we get. And often they're not really that different.

Healthy democracies, in which the people do genuinely feel empowered, wouldn't lead to the gilets jaunes movement in France or the current uprisings in the US or the consistently low voter turnouts in this country.

This country isn't ruled by the people. It's ruled by the establishment. An oligarchy dressed up as a democracy.