Keir's cancel culture is in a right old state

ONE of the many problems with socialism is that behind it lies a belief that the state knows best, and that the public cannot be trusted to make decisions for themselves.

- Esther McVey

But Keir Starmer's increased authoritarianism is going beyond even that of typical socialists. He is starting to take on the mantle of a dictator.

Last week he announced the planned cancellation of local elections next year in 63 areas which even the Electoral Commission classed as "unprecedented", and those come on top of the four mayoral contests he's pushed back until May 2028.

As leading psephologist Professor Sir John Curtice puts it: "Labour is in deep electoral trouble." Starmer knows Labour faces wipeout in large parts of the country, but instead of taking the views of the public on the chin, he is doing what a banana republic leader would do and cancelling the elections.