Well indeed. In my view, climate change is up there with nuclear war as an existential, if longer term, threat to the human race. When I lived in Germany, I happily voted Green for this reason, but t… (View Post)

Between the ages of about 10 and 15, my lad was close internet friends with a Singaporean lad and a Finnish girl of similar ages to himself. They played online games and chatted about their everyday … (View Post)

It's notable that it's the German Greens arguing most forcefully for sending heavy weaponry to Ukraine. (View Post)

Since Russia invaded Ukraine 8 weeks ago, Germany has managed to reduce its dependency on Russian oil from 35% to 12%. The remaining imports are going to a large refinery on the Polish border that is… (View Post)

Not too startling, I hope. I'm a Lib Dem paper candidate in a Blue Wall ward, but I really don't want to be a councillor! (View Post)