No the UK's role has always been at the head of an ad-hoc and temporary coalition of the willing to fight a corrupt, incompetent, despotic and, above all, French European superstate. (View Post)

HS2 falls at yet another hurdle: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/06/17/starmer-to-delay-hs2-after-report-reveals-litany-of-failure/ What an exemplar of catastrophe. A masterclass in how not… (View Post)

Surely not the version of Iran in which they stop sponsoring terrorism all over the Middle East and pointlessly try to sow chaos in neighbouring countries while their own economy and society circle t… (View Post)

The other big problem is that a party which depends for most of its funding and support on often lazy, entitled and incompetent public sector workers is particularly badly suited to making them impro… (View Post)

This is a good, balanced and non-technical video about why trillions in foreign aid haven't boosted development overall and have sometimes been completely counter-productive. https://www.youtube.com/… (View Post)