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)

There is a certain strand in the US that is spoiling for a fight with Beijing. Personally I dont love dictatorships, but the PRC is not an illegitimate state and it is not our fight as to whether or … (View Post)

Well, he is not my political brand, but I see the warm hearted, generous civic nationalism showing its full joyful nature here. Whether you like him or not, Brown is respected in Scotland, which is m… (View Post)

History repeats itself twice. First as tragedy. Then as farce. (View Post)