Why did Sunak call an early election knowing he would lose? I think he got demob happy and decided to call it quits. Unlikely Starmer does the same, but recent history shows it is possible. (View Post)

In that one respect they are like them, yes. But the IRA and UV were never anywhere near as nihilistic as Hamas. The IRA were monsters in their own way who bombed my home town, killing children, whil… (View Post)

Its reasonable to be queasy about it, but there is no other realistic, serious way of eliminating Hamas than following similar paths to that which eliminated the Tamil Tigers. Hamas are not the IRA, … (View Post)

In a parallel universe the first quarter might have been a turning point that led to a positive narrative as people felt life was improving. Unfortunately in our reality we had Reeves putting up Nati… (View Post)

A three state solution seems the best solution to me, as existed before 1967. Gaza returns to Egypt, the Palestinian parts of the West Bank get returned to Jordan. Israel takes the Israeli parts of t… (View Post)