The man is 62. Calling ships and nations “she” was proper grammar when I grew up.

Not Germany, obviously, it’s The Fatherland.

Fair enough, I stand corrected. It sounded to me as if he’d suddenly started saying thee and thou in the middle of his speeches, but clearly a mistaken impression by The Youth

is there a reason in particular to call Israel "she"? he didn't bother with Ukraine: "Sir Keir described their meeting in Kyiv as "very constructive... we were able to discuss the support that Ukraine needs and the justice that it deserves"." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...

Keir Starmer meets Ukraine's President Zelensky in Kyiv

The Labour leader promises his party's