The cobras of the world are appalled at that insult. Hegseth is the 29th US Secretary of Defence and surely the worst. (View Post)

Spy Story by Len Deighton? Not read that in 20 years but it seems familiar. (View Post)

This is Washington: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z6rujpf4u56jfie7aqic2nfg/post/3m3ibpdshq22y?ref_src=embed&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.dailykos.com%252Fstories%252F2025%252F10%252F18%252F… (View Post)

When I was a very young lad, not yet old enough to have voted in a GE, 4 political giants, Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Shirley Williams and Bill Rodgers set up a new party with new ideas at a time when … (View Post)

William Hague's great speech, (from memory) "And having duelled with him over this dispatch box so many times I can tell you that when Tony Blair goes to a centre right party gathering and calls… (View Post)