Russia is clearly expecting some serious trouble. Rumours that all the young men in Smolensk Oblast are being called up, but its too little, too late. Even if Putin went for general mobilisation righ… (View Post)

If this and the Redwood stories are true then there are going to be a fair number of Tory MPs that will look at these gargoyles and bed blockers and see that they are preventing their own rise to the… (View Post)

I would just note that Dominic Cummings lived in Russia, that Aaron Banks had significant connections with Russia, and that quite a few other politicians have had significant business interests in Ru… (View Post)

Just returned to a sticky and humid Tallinn after a trip to UK on family illness duties (observations in another post some time). As with the war, so in Tallinn: not much changed. The bomb shelters a… (View Post)

Well, firstly it is a bit of a myth that Scandinavian taxes are that high. Denmark´s tax to GDP ratio, for example is 33.9%, as against 32.4% for UK. Secondly, they get what they pay for: efficient a… (View Post)