The risk, obviously, is that Trump will strike a deal that is unacceptable to Ukraine and Europe. He'll use that rejection to say the Europeans aren't interested in peace, use that as an excuse to ab… (View Post)

Wars will tend to accelerate progress up the ranks. Enoch Powell famously went from Private to Brigadier during WW2. (I imagine he would be feeling quite vindicated by his US-scepticism if he were st… (View Post)

Stand back a bit and look at what's happening. Take Germany. Germany is about to rearm big-time. Due to fears about Trump withdrawing the US from Europe. The second biggest political party in Germany… (View Post)

Peter Zeihan has made a very interesting account of the various layers of pro-Russian influencers within the US. Starting with the "Useful Idiot" category (Marjorie Taylor Greene, for insta… (View Post)

Reform will do best in Central Belt. BBC will be a Tory-SNP dogfight. Recent council by-elections reflect that. They'll likely come third. (View Post)