I have a friend who is a Marine and was based in Portsmouth. He said that it was quite fashionable for those looking for a fight to pick an argument with a group of Marines in a put just to show how … (View Post)

I don't think that's necessarily true. If Labour f*ck up badly enough it won't matter much who the Conservative leader is or what they say. As you say, Starmer is a dismal politician w… (View Post)

FPT: I don't think that's necessarily true. If Labour f*ck up badly enough it won't matter much who the Conservative leader is or what they say. As you say, Starmer is a dismal politic… (View Post)

I think you're right. Being fundamentally ignorant of, and uninterested in, foreign countries, Americans are only capable of thinking about foreign political debates in American terms, despite v… (View Post)

Centrists are guilty of that too I think - all political partisans are. In fact, it's a hallmark of such people, like having an exaggerated belief in their own competence in government. (View Post)