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Re: If voters don't like the cost of increasing defence spending they'll hate the cost of inaction even
No we need less Europe. It was France and Germany's pitiful inaction in 2014 that allowed Putin to think he could get away with the full scale invasion in 2024. Germany's first reaction to the invasi… (View Post)2 -
Re: I am now convinced Badenoch is safe in the short term at least – politicalbetting.com
That's a best a half-truth. Hitler didn't really "win" power, he was handed it through a backroom deal with von Papen, a man whose political judgement makes Liz Truss look like Tony Blair, … (View Post)1 -
Re: We potentially are over four years away from the next election, a lot can happen between now & then
Rubbish. Oil and gas now makes up about 8% of America's GDP, compared with about 40-50% of Saudi Arabia's, depending on the oil price. That's up from about 4% ten years ago - a decent contribution to… (View Post)1 -
Re: I am now convinced Badenoch is safe in the short term at least – politicalbetting.com
I can't stand this government, but if it were like Putin's mafia, Starmer's cronies would have sent you (and me for that matter) flying from a basement window a long time ago. (View Post)2 -
Re: We potentially are over four years away from the next election, a lot can happen between now & then
Talking of four years being a long time, in Guardianista economics, fifteen months is apparently even longer. 108 lefty economists prophesied disaster for Javier Milei in the Guardian in November 202… (View Post)3
