Incredibly easy to check... Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures plunge while oil prices surge as Iran conflict jolts markets Admittedly a smaller "plunge", so far, than the… (View Post)

I misread that as your Swinney rewatch. Throwback to a similar era. (View Post)

Interesting article from last year about lessons (not) learnt from Britain's disastrous WW1 campaign in the Dardanelles against the Ottomans https://warontherocks.com/2025/06/a-strait-comparison… (View Post)

You have the correct interpretation. Two things can be true: it was stupid and illegal for the United States to bomb another country unprovoked and kill its head of state; it is legal and may be nece… (View Post)

On topic, as I have just discovered, it isn't just Ts &Cs. The bet is probably illegal. Under the 1774 Life Insurance Act, so before American independence, life insurance payments are only p… (View Post)