Where the Americans do have a point is that the do not owe us anything and we have been very content to sit under their umbrella. Of course it suited the Americans too when confronting the USSR but t… (View Post)

Yep, same problem I have pointed out for Labour with Starmer. He's terrible but it doesn't mean that there is a better alternative waiting in the wings. The paucity of political talent acro… (View Post)

Oh I completely agree. Europe needs to stand with Ukraine, it is far more important to us than it is to the US. What they are still providing to Ukraine is intelligence which I am guessing is largely… (View Post)

The surge in Reform has obviously hit the Tories badly. The split in the opposition in this way has also made Labour look less bad than it would have otherwise. An awful lot for the Tories depends on… (View Post)

Yes, the Maastricht treaty was a masterpiece of diplomacy with its varying pillars and variable geometry. Major's greatest achievement by a distance. If the fanatics had been willing to allow th… (View Post)