Even the left-wing US media? John Bolton is a right wing Neocon. His main policy difference with Trump (under whom he served in his first term) is that he is anti-Russia and wants to bomb everyone. (View Post)

Most newspaper front pages splash Prince Andrew, about whom I struggle to care. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c231n2zlpreo (View Post)

We could probably have knocked a year off the war by sacking Harris. The area bombing campaign, whatever you think of its morality, was ludicrously ineffective until better navigation, first by onboa… (View Post)

A couple of weekends ago we discovered another class of gambler masquerading as investor when the cryptocurrency flash crash cleaned out a few City types (and probably more in America). Although pric… (View Post)

It is not that simple. There are an awful lot of anti-gamblers who see high street betting shops and online casinos as blights on their communities and a menace to society. For them, raising taxes is… (View Post)