Flying a Ukrainian flag is "sectional"? Well, we wouldn't wish to upset the Putinists would we? (View Post)

Thought these lines on economic performance very enlightening. Had little idea there had been such a divergence between Europe and the US. It seems rising prosperity is no protection from political b… (View Post)

As a Brit, the rise of Farage and the Trumpification of British politics is the worst political development of my lifetime. All those years worrying about the extreme Left...and the incoming disaster… (View Post)

Not me, mate. I've always seen the Conservatives and Labour - as broad-based, mainstream parties - as affording protection from the extremists, populists, and nutters. Their breakdown is ominous. (View Post)

The American composer Alan Hohvaness wrote a symphony on this very subject. Better than you might think (he's not universally regarded). Nothing like an orchestral rendition of a volcanic explosion. (View Post)