I think given the last 500 years of Russian history its safe to assume the regime will be malevolent. (View Post)

Mixed feelings about Glastonbury. On one hand, £350 for a ticket to hang around in the smuggest place in the country for a line up which is considerably more mainstream than it was in my day (Elton J… (View Post)

I don't think that's fair. The Brits in Dubai I know are all perfectly pleasant, though it's a small sample. But none of them are likely to be attracting the attention that the ghastli… (View Post)

What would you do if you were a troop in Moscow right now? Personally, I'd be trying to find a way, legal or otherwise, of being as far from Moscow as possible. (View Post)

And who fact checks them? (View Post)