On reflection, it was when the right wing nutters began to attack the RNLI for rescuing people from "the boats" that we realised that they had fled all reason (and were also a bunch of utte… (View Post)

So, an implausible thesis backed by no coherent evidence yet upon which we should assume that a significant number of British government officials are apparently serious criminals and we should deman… (View Post)

Interesting, but in relatively small countries like Estonia's northern neighbour, a lot of people have personal connections with the candidates. Stubb, a Finlandsvensk ex PM (married to a Welsh … (View Post)

As Burns has it (in the week of Burns night); “O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion.” The Tories are so wr… (View Post)

UK population is about 68 million; Estonia´s is 1.3 million The total UK armed forces, including reserves is 186,000. Estonia, including active reserves, has 78,000 troops, with a further 152,000 on … (View Post)