That's this country's politics for the last decade summed up in one sentence I'm afraid. (View Post)

On the other hand it would be an interesting experiment to see if Labour really CAN poll in the single digits ... (View Post)

You're right that Russia hasn't gone to a total war economy - they are still trying to have guns and butter, by cushioning the home front from the worst effects of the war, as we did in at least the … (View Post)

TECHNICAL ECONOMICS POST I'm no-one to give this government the benefit of any doubt. But I'm not entirely joining the current panic about long-term gilt yields for an important reason: we are curren… (View Post)

I think there are two other possible reasons: 4. Russia is chronically short, not of armoured vehicles, but of skilled CREWS, having expended so many. Tank crews take much longer to train than your a… (View Post)