The essential point, surely, is NATO membership. Many of the former Soviet satellite states are now NATO members including the three Baltic states. According to reports, there is now a very real deba… (View Post)

They absolutely need to act now, so that it at least looks as if they are not just acting out of fear of the polling numbers. Need to acknowledge what happened was wrong, and therefore he's out. The … (View Post)

I don't have any insight into whether he was a bully or not but he became quite insufferable during his tenure, almost a grotesque. Not surprised that he seems to have fallen to earth. I think his au… (View Post)

There's really no way out. Boris is permanently damaged. People's attitudes have been transformed. He may well (in fact probably will) survive for now. But hanging on is just further damaging the Tor… (View Post)

There is a legitimate "conservative" argument for the BBC. Great, national, unifying institution. Also important for "soft" power projection given its unimpeachable reputation for… (View Post)