So Trump's bluff has been called. If it was a bluff. What does he do now? A smart person would leave this to the Iranians to sort out. So we can presume that is not an option. (View Post)

There is, of course, the north and then the real north. I was in a virtual court today with a colleague who lives in deep Aberdeenshire. She has not been able to get out of her house since 31st Decem… (View Post)

How soon is it going to be before such ships have a Chinese escort? That is when things are going to get seriously hairy. (View Post)

Whilst this is welcome in this instance I find it frightening that the ability to communicate in an entire nation is at the whim of a private organisation controlled by someone like Musk. If the EU i… (View Post)

I think that this, with the possible exception of the last one, gives ICE too much credit. The principal justification for this is that ICE agents want to be known as hard, dangerous bastards that yo… (View Post)