One of the most annoying types of op-ed is the one in which something objectionably horrible "must" stop, but the writer clearly knows it won't nor do they offer a way in which the powers that be can be compelled to stop it. Just moral posturing with no practical benefit to society.
Self-proclaimed "strong voice against Trumpism" implying we need more of what these two centrist losers brought to the table.
They don't get that they don't get it. Or perhaps they do, they just would rather lay down the red carpet for fascism in the name of preserving the status quo.
Also how stupid do you have to be to think that Farage is "skeptical of multinationals" when he wants to give the NHS to US HMOs on a silver platter.
Forgetting for a moment the moral depravity of this argument as well as the disgusting homophobia of the pic chosen to promote it, the ratio on this post is proof that people are sick of the spineless centrism that this magazine represents.
"Fear not, the Allies' seismic D-Day success will ultimately spell their downfall".
Hate either ages you like that or turns you into a man-child like Nick Fuentes, no in between.
Reading this as an American knowing you don't have public healthcare must be the most depressing thing in life.
(fortunately I'm not)
At this point it's utterly irrelevant if Starmer stays or goes. Labour has ceased being the party of the British Left, and is little more than a holdout for the most idiotic and deluded centrists.
The US has lost the right to ever complain that Pearl Harbor was a "sneak attack" when its modern modus operandi are sneak decapitation strikes against foreign government. Also, murdering the US president with no warning by a foreign state is now clearly on the table too.
You have to be fucking shitting us here. The US attacks against Iran are as illegal as Russia attacking Ukraine.
Understand basic international law. Not hard.
Just to add to the ever-expanding list of things Democratic candidates need to categorically demand aside from ending support to Israel and abolishing ICE: send Trump and everyone in his inner security circle to The Hague.
The only change in direction Starmer is capable of is getting ousted.
The first great political news of 2026. 💚💚💚
May this be the beginning of the end of Starmer's Labour.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Quite possibly the most incompetent political party I have ever seen formed in my lifetime.
Seriously guys, step down and endorse the Greens. Corbyn, retire quietly and Sultana please dedicate yourself to anything except politics.
You are literally supporting the continuity of that Tory agenda, my dear.
And people wonder why I hate centrists with every fiber of my being. 👇
Modern fascism exists to elect oligarchy into political power.
When fascism and oligarchy stand opposed, the latter wins.
The Economist is the literal embodiment of that meme where the guy trips himself on a bicycle and blames everyone except himself for tripping his own bike.
But at least they're not hiding what side they are on.
That's because people like Chait, Friedman and Klein (two other contenders for the consistently wrong take award) aren't commentators, they are propagandists.
Every peso not spent on rail in Mexico City is a peso wasted.
I really don't understand why Marvel movies have been such blockbusters when really there's only 2 or 3 that are on the level of a mid-tier Mission: Impossible film.
Hot take: Mission: Impossible is quite possibly the only movie franchise bigger than a trilogy that got progressively better over time rather than worse. The original was good but #2 and #3 are meh. Then just started getting better and and better after that with Fallout (#6) being peak excellence.
What Starmer has been doing is not popularism though, since almost all of his major policies have actually been quite unpopular (hence his constant U-turns on everything). Starmer's main and sometimes sole policy directive is to destroy any semblance of the left in his own party.
Include only donations to organizations that they don't own themselves and the figure is even lower.
You are a Frenchman on an alpine trek in 1906 and accidentally get buried in an avalanche. You are discovered in 2026 and thawed back to life. You ask to read a newspaper and see this.
Glad you spoke truth to power and asked all the relevant questions rather than waste time asking things like why he didn't abolish ICE.
We have sex offender registries so why can't we have sociopath registries? The latter is unquestionably more damaging to every element of society.
The fact that this comes out the same week as the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (where the US just dropped one point relative to 2024 despite everything Trump has done) tells you everything you need to know about the normalization of private corruption and its capture of the political class.
Problem explained in meme form:
The fact that the USA dropped just * one point * in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index is proof that this index has always been a farce. Corruption, however egregious, that benefits private business is never punished.
