What Is It With The Left?
This morning whilst sipping my frappe and meandering around the port of my small Greek island I made the acquaintance of an American tourist. I was extolling the virtues of my beloved island and offering my recommendations for what they might like to see and do during their short three-day stay. The conversation eventually veered into the realm of politics and I discovered, somewhat to my surprise this visitor would be supporting Trump and not Biden. She went on to describe Biden as a senile sleepy octogenarian. She considered him ridiculous. "Say what you want about Trump, but at least he gets things done". Why is the left being led by someone who seems such an easy target for this ridicule? Corbyn at a time when the Tories, or rather the ERG coup were in full swing with a demonstrably ludicrous Brexit campaign, decided the most effective form of opposition was to adopt a position of (faux) neutrality. It's no surprise that an already disgruntled, disenfranchised elector...