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A comparison with its neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is stark.
As time passes, a decreasing slice of the electorate has any experience at all of old-fashioned socialism. And the argument that it doesn’t work cuts little ice.
Many have already described why he is unfit for the job. Indeed, many have tried to remove him. Their support now is a joke, a delusion, a denial of reality.
Above all, don’t neglect the obvious. May is vulnerable to Tory revolts – as the NICs debacle proved. She wants a real working majority.
Their atrocities are without parallel in the modern world.
Outcries over the loss of soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq show that the British public is simply unwilling to see soldiers dying.
The Government seems to get the message, but Conservative MPs should be vigilant. An Islamist government in Damascus would be in neither Syria’s interest nor ours.
The bottom line is that America cannot simply sit back, and wait for North Korea to become a direct threat.
Only in a place or time where you hadn’t witnessed the effects on people of a lack of choice might you be willing to countenance it yourself.
The Shadow Foreign Secretary also doesn’t know the name of North Korea’s leader.
Plus, Karl Rove discusses the differences between running a business and governing.