This is going to be a long-lasting thread! From today's news, we can blame Trump for giving the green light to dictators like Putin to do what they like. If I lived in the Baltics or Taiwan I would be very worried.
Yes, drag acts have a great history in UK entertainment, from pantomime dames to Hinge & Bracket, Danny La Rue, Lily Savage and the best one of all (but Australian) Dame Edna Everage.
That's where good TEFL training comes in. Properly trained TEFL teachers should be able to teach multi-language classes. No knowledge of the learners' L1 is necessary.
"Muslims have already achieved critical mass"? As they constitute less than 7% of the UK population, you might want to use more reliable "facts" rather than Elon Musk and the American Right. And it's Labour not Labor.
True. I don't doubt the possibility of a revival by the Tories, but it would have to be at the expense of Reform. And I think they will need a new leader.
Are you old enough to remember the early 1980s when the SDP was formed? The Thatcher government was as unpopular as the current government and polls suggested the SDP would hold the balance of power or even win power, in alliance with other parties. Of course it was too early to make such a prediction! Maybe Starmer needs a Falklands war to come to his rescue.