The Chinese made a similar miscalculation. They welcomed us leaving the EU because they thought it would lead us to be isolated and hence more pliable. Whereas, since the referendum, we have largely … (View Post)

She was a chancellor for the good times, like Blair here - just as he benefited from the Conservatives' golden economic legacy, so Germany has benefited economically from an artifically low exch… (View Post)

You haven't really got the hang of this Remoaning thing, have you? Looking foolish is what extreme and disillusioned Remainers do, because: - the EU is the only international organisation that m… (View Post)

Yes, that shows how insidious the metric system can be, if you let it get the tiniest foothold in your country! (View Post)

I'm not sure that's true. We contained the Soviet Union whatever France did during the Cold War. And the Soviet Union was more of a military threat than Putin's Russia. France is a nic… (View Post)