France's democratic credentials are rather questionable given the power of the Presidency, designed as it was by de Gaulle for de Gaulle. See how Macron was just able to ram a bitterly unpopular… (View Post)

Also the Spanish and Portuguese. We're approaching this all wrong, as usual given the current dire government. If you're defending, you're losing. We need to go on the attack, explain … (View Post)

Rio is a great city to visit. So is Cape Town. Though if you weren't already at gunpoint before you went to either of those cities, you may well be at least once before you leave ... (View Post)

"I expect that at the next few elections Labour will keep on reminding voters of the Liz Truss interregnum because quite frankly only Radiohead have a worse record than Liz Truss." Starmer … (View Post)

No. It's a great idea. They should build lots of roads and railways here, establish schools and universities, pay for our defence and improve our legal system. Oh, and getting rid of the current… (View Post)