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Macron, Carney, and Starmer: The Three
Stooges Recognize a Palestinian “State”
Diplomats and ministers are not known for their brains.
They’re slaves to shifting winds of public feeling—
Just look at The Three Stooges, and the effort simply strains
Credulity. All sane folks are now reeling
That anyone would recognize a non-existent state:
A mass of rubble, ruins, and mass destruction,
As void of any purpose as a shattered china plate,
And swirling in a chaos of disruption.
Macron’s lit up in terror of the Moslems in his land—
He hopes they’ll help insure his own survival.
And Starmer’s rule is threatened by a left-wing Labour band
While Carney fears progressives as his rival.
That’s the only reason The Three Stooges pulled this stunt:
To keep the hopes of leftists firm and fattened.
Hamas now has a reason to put on a sturdy front
And fight until their last damned tunnel’s flattened.
Macron, Carney, Starmer—what a picture of the West!
These stupid, trembling, lily-livered rabbits…
A pack of ball-less eunuchs with no toughness in their chest,
Enslaved to money, status, and bad habits.
“Let’s recognize a state although it really isn’t there!
Let’s pretend it’s coming into being!
Let’s forget that Israel is angry as a bear,
And Hamas is near beaten, crushed, and fleeing!”
That’s the way these feckless and erratic leaders croak,
Believing that folks listen when they’re talking—
Like Larry, Moe, and Curly, all their strivings are a joke,
And no one pays attention to their squawking.
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Poet’s Note
The Three Stooges: A slapstick comedy troupe from the 1930s and 40s, composed of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard. They were known for their wild and crazy antics, their obtuse stupidity, and their complete inability to do anything correctly.
Emmanuel Macron: President of France, a globalist politician in deep trouble, and who is desperate to stay in power, and become a counterweight to Trump in international affairs. He must answer to the Moslem population in his country, as well as to the leftist elite in French academic and intellectual circles.
Mark Carney: Prime Minister of Canada, whose country is currently plagued with economic and political problems. In order to stay in power he must placate the hard-left elements in his Liberal Party, and recognition of a non-existent Palestinian state was a cheap way to accomplish this.
Keith Starmer: Prime Minister of Great Britain, deeply unpopular, and strongly harassed by the pro-Palestinian fanatics among his Labour MPs. There is a real chance that a split might occur in the Labour Party, and Starmer’s recognition of a non-existent Palestinian state is a last-ditch attempt to prevent this from happening.
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Joseph S. Salemi has published five books of poetry, and his poems, translations and scholarly articles have appeared in over one hundred publications world-wide. He is the editor of the literary magazine TRINACRIA and writes for Expansive Poetry On-line. He teaches in the Department of Humanities at New York University and in the Department of Classical Languages at Hunter College.
A fitting comparison, Joe. These 3 are the primary cause for the continual exodus from their countries. How they refuse to address, or fail to comprehend, the reasons they’re already on their way out is mystifying, but you’ve covered the ‘why’ very well. Are there no snipers in their countries?
I think you’ll find it’s 153 out of 197 countries that have recognised Palestine as a state.
Is that how you judge reality, Paul? By how many persons are trapped in the delusion that something unreal is actually real? The “state of Palestine” doesn’t exist, no matter what proclamations are made by stupid politicians who want to corner the pro-Hamas, left-wing vote.
I notice that you are always in favor of majority rule, except when the majority is against what you believe.
Joe, this scathing poem is presented as satire though it is infused with sober judgment and a generous helping of withering venom. The piece would be funny if the subject-matter were not so serious. You skewer the leaders of the UK, France and Canada and you do so with laser-sharp insight concerning their political motives and Chamberlain-like weakness. The bottom line is they are choosing to assuage the Left in their respective countries at the expense of peace. Their announcements several months ago completely derailed the negotiations to release the Israeli hostages who have been held for almost two years. They are recognizing a country that has no ability to govern itself either democratically or peacefully. However, they have effectively helped legitimize the worst outbreak of antisemitism since the Holocaust. But that is another discussion.
Amusingly, it would seem that as soon as the UK recognized “Palestine” Abbas turned around and made a demand for 2 Trillion pounds in “reparations” from the UK for the British occupation of the region after World War I – a sum that would bankrupt the UK. Recognition was a geopolitically idiotic move which appeases the Islamists who have wrested control of much of Europe but which does nothing to advance the cause of peace, rewards Hamas for the most heinous acts of terrorism and which will undoubtedly backfire against those who decided that they’d rather be popular than right. But the decision is not even popular despite the antisemitism now poisoning France, the UK and Canada. 71% of the French oppose the unconditional recognition of a Palestinian state while 87% of the British oppose. (I have not seen polling for Canada.) And there is zero chance that Israel or the U.S. will recognize this terror-loving pseudo-state anymore than they recognize Narnia or Oz. Macron, Starmer and Carney have debased themselves for nothing.
But their betrayal of Israel will be long, long remembered. And will have consequences.
Brian, you are absolutely correct — this is a “Chamberlain-like” decision. Sheer cowardice, lack of historical understanding, diplomatic blundering, desperation to please aggressors, and gutless terror at the prospect of losing the votes of left-liberals, pro-Palestinian sympathizers, and radicalized students and academics.
And naturally the enemy has taken bold steps as a result. As soon as the recognitions were formally announced, Hamas sent a major barrage of missiles against Israel, and Abbas made his preposterous demand for “reparations” from the U.K. for the 1918 occupation. That’s what you get when you show weakness in the face of this kind of barbarous enemy.
Let me quote from Adolf Hitler on the Munich pact of 1938. At the start of World War II, he expressed great confidence that Germany would win. His nervous associates asked for his reason, and Hitler replied “Our enemies are worms. I saw them at Munich.”
That’s exactly what Hamas and Abbas are saying right now about the West. May God damn Macron and Carney and Starmer.
A terrific satire, a heart-warming gift on Rosh HaShana! Macron, today’s Petain, and the rest of the sorry gang of “world leaders” have found a way to whitewash their crimes against the Jews, appease genocidal monsters who will soon rule their countries, and express anew their Jew-hate under the cowardly guise of caring for poor murderous Arabs. What they will achieve is the end of the evil phantasy of “Palestine,” conjured to annihilate Israel, now as millennia ago.
The complete annihilation of Israel is most definitely in the playbook of the Islamic world, and of the Islamic world’s ideological allies among countless Westerners. I work in academia, and I have heard things said by both faculty and students that bare comparisons with statements by S.A street thugs in 1936. Anyone who tells you that the Moslems will accept a “two-state solution” is a liar or an idiot. They want Israel wiped off the map, permanently.
You are quite right Joe, but to add to your footnote re Starmer – “deeply unpopular” – Americans should know he is also ignorant, malevolent and incompetent. If he runs his full term in office, the damage he is going to do is going to be extremely difficult to recover from: the UK is truly on the brink of total disaster, and civil war is not impossible.
James, your words always carry great weight with me. I am shaken by what you say.
Well, Joe, regarding civil war, I hope I am wrong, but the protests are reaching the streets but the message seems to be being ignored by this government. Trump has told them how to stop the illegal immigrants: use the military. Simples. But what is the latest wheeze we are about to endure? Identity cards – on the basis that this will prevent illegal immigration! Jeez – from under what rock do these parasites creep out from? Welcome to Stasi-land.
Is Starmer willing to part with Scotland? Will Carney now allow Quebec to secede?
Exactly right, Cheryl. The left never considers the real-world implications of its morality-driven dreams.
The comparison of these three Stooges with the movie version is inescapable and another brilliant poem that spears, lampoons, and is fraught with reality. Your Poet’s Note is an important addendum with details of the new three Stooges and their feckless fears that continue to give hope to the undeserving, ignoble, and contemptible enemy of all that is good and righteous. Dr. Salemi, you are one of the great champions of democracy and world order that must be upheld and rediscovered by leaders of the West.
Thank you, LTC Peterson.
I try not to think, Joseph, about the utter stupidity of so many world “leaders,” but here you go again, making me examine the ship of fools where I have a berth in steerage. Our good friend Paul Freeman probably thinks that we are lucky even to be afforded such scraps as these. As for Palestine, it was created by the British, and they can bloody damn well un-create it.
I try not to think, Joseph, about the nitwit world “leaders” who imagine that they are in charge of anything, but here you go again, making me take notice of the ship of fools where I have a berth in steerage. Our good friend Paul Freeman likely thinks that we should feel lucky even to have the scraps we’re left with, and civilization be damned! If you ever write a happy poem, I’ll know that that you have lost all your senses and sensibilities.
Thank you, Kip. Palestine and its problems have been a suppurating sore since the close of World War I. In fact, my personal view is that almost every major horror that we face today (politically, culturally, religiously, and demographically) is directly related to that war and its malignant consequences.
I too have been having trouble with the posting system on this new configuration of the SCP website. What I type does not appear immediately, as it did in the past. It gets posted later on — usually half an hour later.
What a great idea, to make these three into the Three Stooges!
Thank you, Cynthia. The notion came to me when I looked into the faces of these three men, and saw the same vacuous, wandering, dazed look of fear and incomprehension as they announced their decision. What hapless buffoons!
While I do agree with the premise that Palestine isn’t a functioning state, I do think Israel have done everything in their power to make it as non-functioning as it is. The illegal settlements in the West Bank, where Israeli settlers can literally shoot Arab Palestinians without facing any consequences, like in the case of Yinon Levi, clearly show this is the case.
How can someone claim to have a functioning state when most of their land is being occupied and controlled by another? Israel’s goal is the destruction of Palestine, so it can claim all of the land and doesn’t have to deal with any Arabs living on its land. Hamas has no bearing on what’s been happening in the West Bank, but they do play a role, too, since I know that’s a common response. If Hamas were hippies, they still couldn’t grant a Palestinian state independence while they then occupy and control that same land. That’s why they occupy the West Bank, to ensure any claims of recognition are a farce, since they’ve made it so.
Drilon, thank you for your comment. The entire question at hand is a political one, so naturally there will be widely varying opinions on the matter. My own view is that, when the subjects of politics and crucial national interests come up, all other considerations are secondary. I hope we can agree to disagree. This is not a cop-out, but a desire to avoid bitter and endless argument.
I’d argue that what happens in Israel isn’t a “crucial national interest” for the US. Hezbollah and the Houthis can cause some mayhem, but they won’t be sailing fleets to the US’ Atlantic coast. My view, which is heavily influenced from being a Kosovar Albanian, is that if a people’s land (it’s been the Palestinians for millenia, for no other country do we go back to 3000BC to claim territory, if we did Egyptian Arabs should vacate Egypt and give it back to the Nubians) is being occupied by an enemy, they have a right to fight for it. If my people didn’t, we’d be stateless like the Kurds. Of course, there is nuance there, when the Kosovans were fighting, we didn’t target civilians and focused on police and military, where the power lay. There are even statues of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair (and many children were named after them, too) in public squares because of the US and the UK’s help for our independence.
Let me put it like this: if half of the US’ land and people were segragated and Americans were told to accept it and not fight back for what’s theirs, would you?
And don’t worry, Joe, I know you won’t take a cop-out, you don’t have it in you, but I also have no desire for bitter and endless argument so we can leave it here, but I thought it was important to mention the history of my own people because I understand the Palestinian plight more than most would. I’ve recently finished a book detailing all the massacres that happened during and before the Kosovo war, and knowing that same atrocities are happening in Gaza breaks my heart. The book also has pictures of the massacres and they are truly harrowing.
Drilon, please allow those of us who are in the United States to determine what is our “crucial national interest.”
The history of the world is filled with records of people being conquered, of lands being taken from them, and of exiles and displacements. There’s even genocide, which you can read about in grisly detail in the Bible. Understanding “Realpolitik” is understanding that these things happen.
We are all standing on conquered land… land which at one time or another belonged to some other race or tribe. We Americans took our land from the Indians, but the Indians themselves had fought over all of its regions, and invaded, conquered, and slaughtered their enemies to seize land for millennia before we whites ever showed up.
Israel owns the West Bank, by right of conquest, and also because the Jordanians were stupid enough to lose it by foolishly taking part in the 1967 war, and then even more stupidly giving up all claim to it years later, so as to provide a pretext for a fictitious “Palestinian State.”
I did not want to get dragged into this dispute, because it really has no place here at the SCP, which is an aesthetic website for poetry.
Everything you’ve said there is correct and I don’t dispute it but ever since World War Two, as a global community, we’ve decided that right of conquest shouldn’t be a legitimate right, that’s why Putin is facing so many sanctions now, but going off of history, what he’s doing was normal but now it is not.
Israel, because it’s backed by the US, is allowed to win land by conquest but when someone else does it, the US cries about a nation’s border being immutable. I’d prefer doing things the way they’ve been done post WW2 and not devolve back into a constant warring states period.
When you say “we’ve decided,” that’s where you lose the argument. Who is “we”? And what gives you the authority to decide? The world is not a “we,” but a place of savage struggle over survival and self-interest. That’s Lesson Number 2 in “Realpolitik.”
The post-World War II liberal consensus about proper behavior and rules for nations has collapsed. It did so with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, but apparently a lot of people just haven’t gotten the memo. All those idiots demonstrating in the street about “human rights” and “international law” and “The International Court of Justice” and “The Hague Tribunal” and pointless “UN resolutions” are clueless. Liberalism is a contemptible thing that has been thrown into the dustbin of history. It is a philosophy that has failed, because it was utterly blind to the plain facts of human nature.
You cannot change human nature by quoting Categorical Imperatives.
“We” is the United Nations and specifically UN Charter Article 2(4), which states:
“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” This charter was signed in June 1945 and came into effect October 1945 and is Israel not a member of the UN? They are breaking international law, since the charter is binding but the US, especially as a member of the secuity council, protects them from any consequences. The same consequences that Russia and Putin are facing for breaking the same law. If (just) laws don’t matter, that makes us no different from savages.
So, I’m not stating some personal opinion (though it’s also what I do believe) and I have no authority to decide that but the original 50 UN members did have the authority and THEY decided to write this law. Also, why do you mention liberalism? I don’t see how this is a partisan issue, since both liberals and conservatives don’t want to be fighting wars, especially wars that benefit corporations more than anyone else. Nobody wants wars. For the first time in a long time, a majority of US conversatives don’t want to the actively involved in wars. Is a core tenet of conservatism war? Though, I still think US power projection is important in places like Asia to curb China’s imperial goals regarding the South China Sea, but projecting power and war are two different things.
Once, slavery was seen as a plain fact of human nature, yet, we’ve evolved for the better. I don’t have as pessimistic of a view of humanity as you have, though I can’t say I’m an optimist, I don’t believe war is such a plain fact of human nature that it can’t be eradicated or near eradicated; however, I know this is a goal that will take centuries, if not longer — I’m not naive but with time (centuries to millenia), cautiously optimistic. I have no optimism for the near future.
Look, I said that I didn’t want to get dragged into a long political argument with you over our differing opinions. I will try to be brief, so as to cut this thing short.
You have neglected what I said. The post-World War II liberal consensus is DEAD. Your precious United Nations is nothing but an anti-Western fantasy-festival and hate-show. No thinking person in the West takes it seriously. So don’t quote their “Charter articles” or their “resolutions” or their “international laws” or anything else that they have come up with, because it will only make me laugh. You might just as well quote a dead letter like the Articles of Confederacy.
If you are a Kosovar Albanian, you know very well that the world of politics is a savage contest of willpower, force, and deep ethnic hatreds, not a tea party for moralists.
Yeah fair enough, and a poem’s comments section isn’t the place for a heavy debate, that’s why neither of us have the appetite and I’ll just say that I agree with a lot of what you said, but I disagree with parts, too. All I know is, I don’t reckon Vladimir Putin sees the UN as feckless as you do, especially if those secondary sanctions eventually drop.
And you couldn’t be more right about the last paragraph. Our former PM Ibrahim Rugova was a Gandhiist, and was a “tea party moralist” and all that did was further harm our people. The US practically begged him to start a war with Serbia for independence, assuring he had their backing and they were going to back him to the hilt. He refused and thought peace would be achieved via appeasement and diplomacy. Without our hero and realist, Adem Jashari, we would be a stateless people like the Kurds. He took up the US’s offer and delivered what Rugova couldn’t in decades of diplomacy. But, diplomacy should always be the first course of action. Yet, if that fails and they keep persecuting your people, then you pick up the AK47!
Mr Bajrami, you leave a few things out. Everyone talks of the “Palestinians” losing their land. Few people mention the hundreds of thousands of Jews expelled from Arab lands in 1948. Does one side have a monopoly on injustice?
The current situation in Gaza was sparked by the atrocities committed by hamas in Oct 2023. The Palestinians have had numerous offers of a settlement. They always refuse, because they want Israel eradicated. There are now generations of Israelis who were born there. Maybe you are amazed that they don’t meekly accept expulsion or death. I’m not, and I guess Mr Salemi isn’t either.
You talk of Israel’s goal being the destruction of Palestine. You have it the wrong way about. The sworn aim of Hamas and Hezbollah is the destruction of Israel. It’s stated in the Hamas charter.
Lastly, a point about history. The land has not belonged to the Palestinians for millennia. The modern Palestinians are Arabs, and there were no Arabs in the region in ancient times. (The ancient Philistines, whom Palestine is named after, were a non-Arab people.)
Well said, Drilon. The whole idea has always been to draw out any two-state solution while nibbling away at what land the Palestinians have left with impunity. The trio have seen they’ll be on the wrong side of history if they don’t preempt the occupiers’ end game.
There isn’t going to be any “two-state solution,” because neither side wants it. Both the Israelis and the Palestinians want a one-state solution, with the opposing party out of the equation. Can I make it any clearer than that?
Once you learn this elemental fact, you will be on the way to understanding “Realpolitik.”
I honestly think most of the Palestinians would relent at this point and accept reality and a solution. They’ve tried since the 1940s and look where that’s gotten them. It’s like the war in Ukraine, Ukraine said it wouldn’t surrender until all of its illegally occupied land is returned but then it would be fighting a forever war that would only makes things worse. It sucks that Ukraine has to compromise on that point but it does. Palestinians have to also and a lot would, especially the Gazans.
The Palestinians have turned down every single peace proposal put forward by the Israelis for several decades now. When the Israelis exited Gaza, and dismantled their settlements there, the Palestinians immediately turned the strip into a terrorist fortress and arsenal. These are not people you would want as neighbors.
Historically, they have, but there is a political will now. After the events of October 7th, most Gazans now oppose Hamas’ control and governance and want the Palestinian Authority to take control of Gaza, and even you might have to admit that with the PA, there is a good chance of reaching an agreement, is there not? Maybe even before October 7th, Gaza didn’t have the will but Hamas, by doing what they’ve done, have caused Gazans a lot of suffering. They can’t stop trying to win a losing war and they need to be stopped, but it’s easier said than done. Though, I also think Israel have used the attack as an excuse to commit genocide, since what other reason would they have to use laser guided smart missiles (with an accuracy range of 1 metre) on hospitals and schools? I don’t see how anyone can support actions like that, at least with dumb bombs, you have plausible deniability of your intent to harm civilians, they don’t with laser guided missiles. I think Netanhayu shoulders most of this blame, since now 66% of Israelis support the end of this war.
If the citizens of Gaza really want peace, let them inform the IDF where all of the remaining Hamas terrorists are hiding, so that the Israelis can kill them quickly. That would save a lot of lives, and would stop the shooting.
The most difficult type of combat is combat in urban areas. There are bound to civilian casualties and collateral damage. Since Hamas insists on hiding behind civilians and stationing their forces in hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings, what the bloody hell do you expect the Israelis to do? It’s easy for you to lecture soldiers about what kind of weapons they should use in a fierce battle when you are not there to take part in the combat.
The figure of 66% of people supporting the end of the war doesn’t mean a damned thing. Everyone hopes for the end of a war. What you haven’t measured is what sort of RESULT the Israeli people want when the war ends. “Realpolitik” is concerned with results. The wast majority of Israelis want the war to end with Israel winning, and with Hamas being wiped out.
You’re simplyfing a highly complex matter into something simple, which it isn’t. Sure, some citizens do help Hamas but is it really a large fraction of civilians or a small fraction, who probably have family members fighting for Hamas and they help the scourge? Labelling a large portion of a people terrorists is a bit wild. And as you’ve said, urban combat, especially, is difficult — it’s part of the reason why Ukraine has held it’s defensive lines so well, it’s hard to takeover a city with all the hiding spots for sniper nests and booby traps one could set up.
There’s also been a new peace plan announced by the US and Israel, so let’s see what happens later down the line. I’m certain one of the conditions is Hamas will not be governing the territory anymore, and that’s a big step to an eventual solution.
I never said that all the persons in Gaza were terrorists. But they are living in a war zone, and there is the good chance that they will be collateral casualties, just as German and Italian noncombatants in World War II ran the risk of being killed, even when they were not Nazis or Fascists. All kinds of people die in wars, the innocent as well as the guilty, and the combatants as well as the noncombatants.
If persons in Gaza would reveal where the armed Hamas terrorists are hiding, that would help end the war. If they would take up arms themselves and kill Hamas terrorists (who have brought this catastrophe upon them), that would be even better.
If this new peace plan involves Hamas surrendering, laying down their weapons, and leaving Gaza forever without any chance of being part of a new government there, I wouldn’t advise holding your breath waiting for them to agree. They are fanatical partisans of a cause that is sacred to them, and they do not think in terms of what is rational and sensible.
The only solution is what Israel is doing. And Israel is giving the West a long-needed lesson in how to handle enemies.
Whenever leftists say that something is “highly complex,” that is their usual way of clouding an issue.
Paul Freeman: I suggest you tell Hamas about the 2-state idea. Their charter explicitly rejects it. Their stated goal is the destruction of Israel.
There is no way that this trio will not be awarded the next Nobel Peace Prize. This would be the final confirmation that everything you have said in your poem is true.
Quite so. Trump has stopped seven wars so far, and those goddamned Swedes will not even consider the nominations he has received. The prize will go to The Three Stooges.
The left will do NOTHING to contradict its own narrative. This is an important point to remember.
Also, to make a completely seperate point, Joe: Kier Starmer has been the worst PM since Thatcher! He says his dad was a toolmaker and we can see that: he made Kier, who is a total tool! To boot, he’s also a clown and an authoritarian, the way he has vigourously attacked the freedoms of Brits has been alarming. Orwell keeps on being more and more portentous, because this is how it starts: with the Digital ID “Brit Card” bullshit. We have birth certificates, national insurance numbers, driving licenses and passports, how will this ID stop illegal workers, who get paid cash in hand and don’t make any formal job applications, which are the only ones this ID will work for?
I can confidently say that almost any other party, if they were in power, would have done a better job, less Reform (they’re a bit too Trumpist for me). I’m glad I didn’t vote for Kier in the last GE because I got bad vibes from him (my vibe-o-meter was spot on) and now next GE, I will make sure to vote for anyone but Kier, likely my vote will be for Lib Dems and Ed Davey. Honestly, Joe, it seems like to me some billionaire has given Kier a lot of money if he loses the next GE and he’s now scoring spectactular own-goals to ensure it. His approval rating is below 20%! In my novel, the UK has become a totalitarian state in the next 25 years from today and maybe I’m wrong to presage that in the next 25 years, it’s coming more expediently! I just pray to all the known Gods that this prick is voted out before he can push through mandatory digital currency (they’re planning for it already) and then the government will have full control over our money, too.
If you want to get rid of Starmer, by all means do not vote for him. But why waste your vote on some stupid little third-place party? Vote for the Tories, and get your friends to do the same. The only thing that matters in an election (like a war) is WINNING, not making some kind of moral gesture that lets you feel good!
It’s not merely about a moral gesture but sending a message to the Labour party, since I still lean left, ideally, I’d want a strong Labour party and leader in charge, but maybe voting Tory would send an even stronger message. I definitely prefer Kemi Badenoch to Kier (as I do for anyone apart from Farage tbh), so maybe I’ll vote Tory for the first time. I’ll have to give it more thought but I know Kier isn’t getting it!
Kemi is not bad, but I would prefer to see Nigel Farage as the next U.K. Prime Minister. He has the true interests of the West at heart., and he will not be controlled by leftist scum in Westminster and the bureaucracy.
Joseph, as a Briton, and a Jewish supporter of Israel, thanks for this piece. Basically, Starmer’s Labour party had a plan that blew up in its face. It encouraged mass migration (mainly from Muslim countries) because traditionally, immigrants in Britain vote Labour. But now the Islamists have their own fledgling parties. So that allegiance is weakening. Maybe Starmer thinks this recognition will win them back, but I doubt it will.
Labour may splinter, but the main electoral threat comes from Farage’s Reform party.
Anyway, I liked the poem and it told some truth.
Thank you, David.