Some of us pointed out that if you give in so keenly to strikers, they are quick to come back for more. (View Post)

I didn't get the reference and have looked it up - a song by Kate Melua - fine. I remember it now. But I did not know until now that it was written by Mike Batt, of Wombles fame. (View Post)

Not that it's of any consequence, but a personal milestone today: since roughly 2012, I've been going to my kids' Christmas nativities. Reckon I've done 30-odd. Last one today - m… (View Post)

None of these countries strike me as bastions of individual liberty and western values. "Better than Iran or Pakistan" is a low bar. (View Post)

Didn't Joe Biden explicitly forbid Ukraine from attacking Russian refineries as part of his price for support? Even the supposed hawks have been oddly lukewarm. (View Post)