I so wish he was still with us in his prime. His writing on this would have been something to behold - human, humorous and yet righteous about the failure of authoritarian regimes to manage a piss up… (View Post)

I am struck by how the interconnected nature of the World economies has allowed such rapid impact on Russia. If the same had been true in the 1930's, might we have avoided the excesses of Hitler… (View Post)

A bit far to travel to from Edinburgh - I was with you in spirit (View Post)

I think we can all agree that tanks look more vulnerable than we realised. These new anti-tank weapons seem pretty brutal. If the same is true for anti-air missiles then modern defence forces may hav… (View Post)

I know Putin doesn't like Britain - somewhere between disdain and hate. He has missed a point. We were once a superpower. We once had an empire. We bankrupted ourselves after two World Wars and … (View Post)