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 Ge… (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)

It's not really possible to means-test the pension. People pay NICs (and, yes, I know it isn't a pension pot, and is paid out of current taxation) in the sure knowledge that they will recei… (View Post)