Exactly right. The Gilts strike was pushing the entire UK pension system towards collapse, and within hours not weeks. It was the single most acute and acutely dangerous financial crisis in over 300 … (View Post)

By the way, the Insight Team at the Sunday Times have really got Farage over a barrel. Those donations alleged to be from Cottrell's Mother clearly aren't and the implication if they do com… (View Post)

If its that close with a majority this large, then the Labour Party will be in several other sorts of pain. (View Post)

Most Russians in the Baltic came in the 1950s, 1960s or even 1970s. Many are finally assimilating, but those that don't wish to will suffer the same fate as the British colonials in Kenya or oth… (View Post)

That, if I may say so, is a very Russian view. Certainly in Estonia, the disengagement with Russia is not seen as a temporary thing. Maybe one day trade and business might recover, but few expect it … (View Post)