America’s ancient politicians are a national embarrassment

There is much wrong with our politicians, but one thing we can say for them is that the leading lights are well outside the danger zone for senility. Even the portly 59-year-old Boris Johnson, despite the odd bizarre stumble (and Covid hospitalisation), was generally hale and hearty. And when one looks at a scene dominated by Rishi Sunak (43) and Sir Keir Starmer (61, though he seems much younger), one can only look across the pond at America’s gerontocracy with horror.