UK Prime Minister's insecurity will be his downfall

The UK Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, is an insecure man, in my opinion. He might even suffer from imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is the persistent belief that your achievements are accidental, fragile, or undeserved. You feel like a fraud waiting to be exposed, even when evidence shows you’re capable. It creates self‑doubt, anxiety, and a tendency to minimise success, pushing you to overwork while never feeling genuinely competent.

Why do I believe this? Because he clings to political associates and friends and refuses to sack them (but fastidiously sacks civil servants to pass the buck). The classic is the Mandelson affair in which he appointed Mandelson against all rational assessments because he was friendly with Mandelson and wanted a friend on the other side of the 'pond' to deal with the impossible Trump.

Starmer insisted on Mandelson's appointment before vetting against advice. The whole affair has been extensively reported. The world knows the gory details.

And he hired his cabinet members because he is friendly with them and he refuses to sack them - the chancellor, Reeves, comes to mind - when they are screwing up. He is robustly loyal to his cabinet members. He must know that Reeves has to go but refuses to countenance it. Update: in order to save himself there is talk that he will sack Reeves after the May 7th bloodbath. He does like to sack people to save his own skin - to divert responsibility.

He stays loyal because he needs them as much as they need him. He needs them to reassure him. To create a buffer to the real and now hostile British public who have largely given up on Starmer. He is a dead duck. A dead man walking. A dud.

Note: the Mandelson problem has strained his relations with cabinet members, perhaps to breaking point in some instances.

Starmer is deeply unpopular with the British public. UK pollsters (YouGov and Statista), both reporting –45 as his latest net favourability/approval score. Polling organisations report Starmer’s popularity using net approval ratings, which currently sit around the mid‑negative range. Surveys show more people express unfavourable than favourable views, producing consistently negative net approval scores that indicate widespread public dissatisfaction at this point in time.

Several UK polling trackers note that Keir Starmer’s current net approval rating is lower than Liz Truss’s rating at the end of her premiership, which was typically reported in the –30s to –40s depending on the pollster.

He is attacked daily, hourly in fact. He was insecure before becoming the PM and now it is worse.

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P.S. please forgive the occasional typo. These articles are written at breakneck speed using Dragon Dictate. I have to prepare them in around 20 mins. Also, sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified. And, I rely on scientific studies but they are not 100% reliable. Finally, (!) I often express an OPINION on the news. Please share yours in a comment.

UK government cheats citizens on UK energy bill cuts

The current Labour government has enthusiastically promoted their attempt to cut the cost of living in the UK by cutting energy bills by £117 per annum. Sounds good right? Reeves has shouted this policy from the rooftops in her dull and boring manner. 

But she is cheating the public again. It is all smoke and mirrors from this disreputable government. Why? Because Reeves' income tax threshold freeze will hit those same British citizens with an average £220 increase in income tax from April 5th this year.

Daisy Cooper of the Lib Dems said "People will understandably feel cheated by this government..." Dead right they will. 

The government is playing games with the public. They are jerking them around disdainfully. It is disrespectful. The British public cannot trust this Labour government. It is one more reason why they will be kicked out at the next general election and why there will be a likely huge defeat in the forthcoming council elections. And also why Starmer may well lose his job. The latter would be more likely if there was anyone in the cabinet who could take over as leader. There simply isn't. It is that bad.

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P.S. please forgive the occasional typo. These articles are written at breakneck speed using Dragon Dictate. I have to prepare them in around 20 mins. Also, sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified. And, I rely on scientific studies but they are not 100% reliable. Finally, (!) I often express an OPINION on the news. Please share yours in a comment.

Why King Charles III should NOT meet with Trump April 2026

It is common knowledge that Trump has bullied and insulted the UK. He has insulted the country's Prime Minister - I hate Starmer but I strongly object to Trump insulting him - and the UK's armed forces. King Charles is the head of the armed forces.

Trump has insulted France in insulting Macron and Macron's wife. He has alienated America's allies. Trump has more or less destroyed 80 years of trust between the US and its allies and is threatening to badly damage NATO.

Trump is probably certifiably, borderline mentally ill. He is a bully. He is arrogant. He is a narcissist. He has psychopathic traits. He enjoys war pornography as does Pete Hegseth, who treats the war on Iran as some sort of comic book distraction. America chose to attack Iran and without any discussion with its allies or seek congressional approval.

If King Charles visits Trump in April it will be a strong signal that the UK approves Trump's bizarre, chaotic and contradictory behaviour. Charles cannot agree with this behaviour. He must hate it.

It is time for the UK to rebuke Trump. To push back. To complain. To protect its dignity. That sycophantic moment when Starmer handed King Charles's letter of initiation to a second state visit makes me sick. It was horrible.

Yes, there was an underlying purpose - to reduce tariffs - but since that horrible White House moment Trump has walked all over the UK.

It is time for the UK to criticise Trump. The so called special relationship has been exposed for what it is: fragile and ultimately a mutually beneficial deal when it suits America.

King Charles cannot visit Trump in April. He will be, by implication, endorsing Trump's wild and immoral behaviour. Charles's visit is a gift to Trump. The opposite to what should be happening.

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P.S. please forgive the occasional typo. These articles are written at breakneck speed using Dragon Dictate. I have to prepare them in around 20 mins. Also, sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified. And, I rely on scientific studies but they are not 100% reliable. Finally, (!) I often express an OPINION on the news. Please share yours in a comment.