Burnham is also fortunate that Trump is nearly a lame duck already. Just keep a civil and polite distance from him. No need to have shouting matches as much as some dream of a "Love Actually&quo… (View Post)

The other factor playing against Putin, which you won't say so I will, is that there is another reason time is not in his favour. The riskiest moment for Ukraine was over a year ago when Mr You … (View Post)

Unfair to have Smith on that list without an asterisk. (View Post)

We should remember that in the Great Patriotic War that approximately a quarter of the toll were Ukrainians and approximately another quarter of the toll were other non-Russians. Ironically Russia ha… (View Post)

Yes, in 2007 both Blair and Brown were content with a long contest. Blair wanted a long goodbye. Brown was happy to take a victory lap of hustings knowing he'd be PM at the end of it. None of it… (View Post)