Because its several orders of magnitude more difficult and risky than the thing he is already making look like very hard work. There is a prevalent view among the pb.com Russophobes (Jessopious, Malm… (View Post)

It is notable that broadcast TV still has this (unique?) power to mobilise the nation. Although I expect a lot of people also watched it on ITVX once the buzz started. In other power of television ne… (View Post)

The Sunday Times is putting the hoof into the Paul Maynard (Pensions Minister apparently, who knew?) for the usual tory financial misconduct shenanigans. We could be looking at another by-election. I… (View Post)

Crap terms of service. Lack of SNCOs/POs to fill training billets leading to a very narrow training pipeline. Privatised recruitment by Capita that works exactly as well as you'd imagine forcing… (View Post)

If you had any familiarity with 18 year olds beyond the particularly limber ones of Nana Plaza you would know it's a fucking stupid idea. Imagine trying to manage the welfare, training and motiv… (View Post)