But if you are making that comparison you surely have to take into account China ($19tr) and India ($4tr) who will be supporting Putin once Trump throws Ukraine to the wolves.

BBC (Henry Zeffman) is suggesting that some on the front bench don't want to have a contest and that the rules allow Starmer to appoint a deputy leader from the cabinet.

Not so much anti-NATO as reflecting the reality that NATO is no longer capable of functioning as long as the US are dysfunctional. If NATO was working why do we need a "coalition of the willing" to protect Europe from Russian aggression?

Well, not since 1900 at least.

I wonder if there is time to get a more proportional system in place for the Hampshire/IOW mayoral election. And even voting for the new unitary authorities in Hampshire.

It could be argued that the Conservatives won. But first past the post.

There was a Green in Hedge End South last year's planned election - they don't seem to have the organisation to respond to by elections which are often called at quite short notice.
We met a number of voters on the doorstep who would have voted Green this time.

Surely the problem is not that the Greens are unserious, but that the US has become unserious, unstable and unreliable.