people are capable of forming opinions without me

True. But personally I'd like a reason for why I should bother to click a link, if only a sentence saying what it's about. In this case the link included 'brexit-eu-starmer-labour' which was not enough - there have been hundreds of articles on those subjects; why should I look at this one?

Absent a reason for clicking, I have only the identity of the poster. Some folk on here, I'd nearly always click their links. Others - never. You're - er - somewhere in the middle ;)

It also comes accross as lazy on the poster's part. If they don't spend any effort posting, why would I waste my time reading? And possibly fighting cookie banners and paywalls.