It's the Middle East. The choice is always between the pretty dire and the utterly dismal. The trick is to tell which is which. (View Post)

I'm opposed to the death penalty and undecided on euthanasia, but killing a psychopathic murderer is unrecognisably different from ending the life of someone in unbearable pain with their consen… (View Post)

Starmer will probably have looked on this as a DPP, who would think that she had served her time and the conviction is long expired, when he appointed her. That's his training in these matters. … (View Post)

Ted Heath is very much the Prime Minister Starmer resembles most - both one-time extremists turned uncharismatic centrists who believe that if there are problems, technocratic tinkering within govern… (View Post)

There is a tipping point in Russia, but I see no evidence at all that it's there any time soon, and my worry is that the brave Ukrainians will reach their tipping point first, in which case it&#… (View Post)