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Carl Benjamin: The Telegraph is lashing out...

The Telegraph is lashing out with the worst leftist tropes they can in order to stem the inevitable march of Restore Britain. "Racist," "antisemite," "extremist," "beyond the pale," etc etc. No. What is beyond the pale is allowing the British people, the masters of these islands for thousands of years, become a minority in our own lifetimes. We will not accept this fate. This is our country, and we will ensure that our grandchildren get to enjoy it as we did.

Bushra Shaikh: The irony is that you've decided...

The irony is that you've decided I hate Britain because I don't share your views. That's not patriotism; it's the belief that only people who think like you are allowed to belong here. Britain has never worked that way. But thanks for explaining my own beliefs, loyalties, and identity to me. It's a remarkable talent to know so much about a complete stranger while getting almost every fact wrong.

Lee Hurst: Well here we are...

Well here we are. Burnham now in No. 10 and Starmer out. However, Labour is still in. When you have a hugely disliked Prime Minister, leave him there. Focus attention on the party, not the man. The man can be replaced, but the party remains and some people then think things will be better giving them a higher poll rating. Labour will still be awful. Don’t make the same mistake with Burnham because they can change him too. All justifiable criticism should be on Labour, not who leads them.

Carl Benjamin: The problem with the British right...

The problem with the British right is that nobody is able to create a big tent which can encompass those who wish to push hard on certain issues alongside the wimpy types who can't help but be obsequious to the liberal opinion. It should have been Nigel Farage, but he didn't have the stomach to follow in the footsteps of Trump and repudiate the media and rely upon the online cohort to project his message. He also wasn't brave enough to stake out a popular but controversial position and judo-flip the media into spreading this message for him. Purging his right has just created more problems, in fact, worse problems than having the hardliners inside the tent. This is the lesson that Keir Starmer also learned the hard way: you might not like your radicals but they are a non-trivial percentage of your coalition, so you must tolerate them. Starmer didn't, and they went to the Greens. Farage didn't, and they became Restore. Labour are rebuilding their tent as Burnham is morally more aligned with his radicals than not. Farage doesn't seem to be able to extend this kind of sympathy to his flank, so it seems he will be unable to make any progress on this issue. The Reform goose is cooked if their star player is the reason that they can't advance any further. No good moves left for them to make.
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