I hope he does. Whatever you may think of his views, he's easily the best writer on the site in terms of his sheer writerly ability, and can be pretty insightful in some areas. And no-one can touch h… (View Post)

Apologies if already posted, but here is Defence Secretary Ben Wallace's thoughts on Putin and Ukraine. Taken from UK Government website. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/an-article-by-the-defence-… (View Post)

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)