I'm John Batchelor, and Simon Constable, an Englishman in the South of France,

helps me understand how the

English public, the British public, responds to leadership in Parliament. We have been talking for weeks

about the shortfall, shortcomings, just in general disappointment of Kirstarrmer as a leader. It's not approved. It's

gotten worse since the war start. The HMS Dragon is now a warship from the Royal Navy on its way

to the Middle East. I think, I can't determine finally because it took several days for

Kirstarmer to say he might or might not

send the HMS dragon. I saw a photograph of it leaving British waters. I believe it's on the way

to the Middle East. Simon, is there any simple way to describe how Kirstarmer makes decisions?

Because I'm unfamiliar with, I will, I won't, I will, I won't for several days in a row.

Does the public understand Kirstarmer when he's so hesitant?

I think people like leaders who aren't hesitant.

You want a leader who has thought about what's going to happen and can make a decision

quickly and correctly. And he is incapable of doing that. We've seen that all the way along.

We've seen the flip-flops since Kirstama got into office as prime minister. And we've kept

seeing those things all the way along. Nothing

so serious as the war, though, until now. And that, to me, looks pretty bad. And it's

almost an invitation for someone to threaten the UK. And I hope that that won't happen.

But I hope I'm wrong, basically, is what I'm saying.

So that's really interesting.

He is basically, Kirstama is not liked by almost anyone in the UK at the moment.

250 years ago, the Royal Navy was the envy of the solar system,

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