Away from Parliamentary Onanism, it has been an exceptionally savage day in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The Russians just lost another general and according to the Ukrainians the Russian losses are &quo… (View Post)

Oh dear... Too much Southern Spirit. I think it's time for bed (View Post)

Given that the Hard Brexit policy is so closely identified with Boris Johnson personally, I did idly wonder if the collapse of his own popularity had contaminated the Brexit brand. Then I remembered … (View Post)

They did not win the Cold War and had a a much larger nuclear force then. (View Post)

That is a fair analysis. As for Nukes, the same equation as in the Cold War holds: will the other side fire? The Russians understand that the risk is very high that NATO and possibly even China would… (View Post)