*Starmer is courting Tory voters so hard it’s almost as though he wants to lose his own.*

I think he wants to convert the Labour Party into a competent but mainly plutocratist party, which would make policies mainly to benefit the wealthy, and carry them out competently. This would occupy the space that the Tory Party has abandoned to become the party of cruel rigidity. party of cruel rigidity.

Labour would then try to win elections by preventing any non-plutocratist opposition party from becoming a real alternative.

It is true that victory for a political cause usually requires compromises. The crucial thing is to distinguish the compromises that you can safely make from the compromises that would undermine your values.

*Negative experiences during military service are the main drivers of extremist beliefs amongst veterans,*

suggests a small survey.

These "negative experiences" are likely to involve hatred, bullying and war crimes. How ironic that their reaction to such violence leads them to commit or advocate similar violence themselves.

It is a mistake to classify "Antifa" as "extremist", since it means only participation in organized activity against a form of violence (fascism). That sometimes takes the form of fighting violent fascists, but basically it is nonviolent resistance against fascists.

Right-wing disinformation in the US portrayed Antifa a few years ago as a violent movement, which it was not.

The cheater is about to be tried for violating campaign finance laws to hush up a scandal that could have interfered with his chances of getting elected. Describing it as a matter of a "sex scandal" covers up what is really at stake.

Due to El Niño plus Global heating, much of South America is suffering from record droughts, and Bogotá is facing exhaustion of water in two months.

Britain has had a year of heavy rain, which has damaged wheat production.

This is surely related somehow to global heating. Whether it will continue, get better, or get worse, I have no basis to predict. But it is a dangerous situation.