It is more about Yougov trying to poll tactical voting by asking how respondents will vote in their own constituency rather than who they want to win. This results in Reform being about five points l… (View Post)

The US government underwriting insurance of any cargo vessel or tanker would probably be of more value. (View Post)

The other factor, besides no food, no oil, firebombed and nuked cities, was a million strong Red Army ready to destroy the Japanese Army in Manchuria. (View Post)

As Ayatollah Khomeini said when Iran faced economic hardship back in the 1980s, we did not fight this revolution for watermelons. For religious hardliners, austerity is a lesser concern than the need… (View Post)

Anecdata: my Dubai moles report only occasional noise nuisance from the neighbouring war zone but are worried about the long term consequences for investment into the emirate. Meanwhile, horseracing … (View Post)