Here I am at the edge

  Labour supported Terrorism I have no idea what Keir Starmer was thinking when he asked the Labour Party to help Israel ? As we'd say in the north "if brains were toilet paper, he's got not enough to wipe his bottom!" One thing is cerrtain, he may be the leader of the party, but he has no idea of how they think. The Labour party has supported various terroris t groups for as long as I can recall, from the IRA - to the PLO , and Hamas . I wouldn't ge surprised to know they backed the Mau Mau in Kenya in the 50s. or the rebels in Malaya in the 60s. My support for Isreal is well-known, if you read the blog , at the same time as a social historian, I like to give information, not my opinion - so here are some little-known facts on Hamas. In the 1970s, the people in the Gaza strip were given the choice - either get help from Israel, or stay with the PLO/Hamas - they chose to support the PLO. When you read about civillian casualties caused by rockets from Israel, ...

  Rishi Sunak Prime Minister,  Rishi Sunak , is finding out that it is easy to criticize people with power; as long as you don't become that person. Leader of the Opposition,  Keir Starmer , knows his position is safe   despite the continued  Starmer Out  campaign because he knows nobody is either willing or capable of replacing him. Again, I am reminded of a  quote  from a play by  William Shakespeare , this time  Henry iv,  when the king said  Uneasy is the head that wears a crown."  It is easy to criticize someone, but harder when you are put in power and have to live up to the promise of doing better; this is yet another reason the  Labour Party  will not get the ability to run the country.  Recently,  Yvette Cooper , shadow Home Secretary, had to be reminded after a comment about uncontrolled immigration; her party under  Tony Blair  opened those doors.