Eh? You said, and I quote, that "we need to use modern measures ... shared by the rest of the known universe". I've pointed out to you that that is simply not true. The United States i… (View Post)

Probablement, but I don't think we've ever recalled ambassadors because we lost a commercial contract, have we? (View Post)

France will never be anybody's closest ally, certainly not ours. They have a wildly excessive view of their place in the world. They are a democratic China - needy, chippy, unpredictable and unf… (View Post)

I'd have more sympathy if you'd said that we join international organisations in a moment of neediness, despite being opposed to their ultimate aims, then are surprised when it blows up in … (View Post)

All politicians break their word. Yes Minister made a distinction between a political promise and a real promise. Cameron broke his word just as much as Johnson did, for example saying he wouldn'… (View Post)