Is the UK now giving off strong Third World vibes?

I was there during the Corbyn/May election and the impression I got was that he was the passionate factory floor steward making sure everyone would get their fair share of Marietta biscuits, but otherwise he was no threat to the english class system. His politics was shaped too much by class struggle for him to ever rise above it.

Honestly I do not see any challenge to the gross inequities in english society because many of the poorest still think they are wealthy, despite all the evident decay.

In Ireland our elected reps are a fair reflection of our society, but in England with the safe seat voting system, the much lower rate of representation, and the costly barriers to university the gulf between the ruling class and everyone else widens more every day.

Maybe England will have its "let them eat cake" moment, but there's been plenty of them already like partygate.

Maybe it takes tla few years of no change under labour for frustration to morph into action.

Your words are of the type that grace the Mail Daily in the UK.

What do you base Corbyns action on?

Politics is the very reason why weapons are not the first resort. Anyway it is no more withing Corbyns power to act unilaterally than it was Blairs when he was called upon to steal Iraqs oil.

Suez set the path for Britains future and basically as far as nukes go, they are a bit like the leg of a starfish when it comes to fighting. A proxy for the US well away from the "organ grinder!

Michael Foot and Tony Benn were real socialists.

Churchill represented Manchester, Oldham, Dundee and a constituency in Essex, who knew he was proud Scot? Londoner Peter Mandelson was given a safe seat in Hartlepool. Thatcher from Lincolnshire hunted around for years until she found a seat she could win. Parachuting candidates exists today.

If you were a Fianna Fail election failure like Lisa Chambers in Mayo and saw a "safe seat" in Cork when Micheal Martin retires the Corkonians would run her out as a blow-in or carpet bagger! Here you have probably their most high profile senator and a seat she should win but the voters would not stand for it

But in the UK the voter seems not to care about the individual, only the colour of the rosette on their chest. If a politican is deemed important enough they will be give a "safe seat" and the local rep will encouraged/ordered to stand aside.

The Brits have themselves to blame. If they consider their MPs are useless why do they accept candidates who arrive a month or two before an election and do not care about them at all. They only care about the colour of your rosette. Their cries about Westminister are their own fault

Carlow Kilkenny was interesting in that a Fianna Failer topped the first count, but failed to win a seat as all ff transfers traded between the other two ffers.

Agree with you but you can say the same about Ireland, very much an I'm alright Jack' attitude. Really does add to the similarities across both countries.

Rubbish. You've probably haven't met many MPs. Suits your argument to frame everything down to a 'colonial' mentality.

This site is full of people who've never been in the UK, but my god, left wing academics have certainly done a good job with some of you.

For the record, I would have had professional relationships with around 40 MPs.

I tell my UK friends to keep reading some of this stuff. Then again, if it makes you feel happier and superior, carry on. Just don't expect to be taken seriously outside of you little bubble.

Cyber deterrence is working now, in the same way as Mutually Assured Destruction works. The West could turn Moscow back to the stone age using Cyber, but they won't do it, because there would be tens of millions of refugees coming out of Russia into the West. WW1 trench warfare is still the game in Ukraine.