Do people want an Afghan government whose only meaningful support base is foreign armed forces? Effectively another Bosnia-Herzegovina without the Western governor. This is an ugly, ugly transition b… (View Post)

No, disagree. The labour shortages exist because some people have plenty of cash for their short-term needs and don't have to work. More generally, immigration at current levels is not a problem… (View Post)

Thanks for calling out The Lancet and Private Eye, TSE: a reminder that their desire to provoke can outrun the truth. Maybe to be expected in a scandal rag, but less forgivable in a so-called medical… (View Post)

Really the problem for the Olympics is that most countries over here have just been allowed out and about again, it seems. If people really were locked down like most of the last 18 months, people mi… (View Post)

The difference is demographic; the American working class or as they say "middle class" is more racially polarised, and black voters are a pillar of support for the Democrats. They also hav… (View Post)