There's a difference between losing politically and losing militarily. You can have overwhelming force, and win every battle, but still lose the war - America in Vietnam is probably the most obv… (View Post)

I'm not a military man, but I doubt losing about 30% of your force in a couple of weeks against a vastly inferior enemy is a great performance. (View Post)

To be in office for 12 years or more you need to win at least three general elections. If you're Conservative, you win elections about two-thirds of the time. So the chances of your single elect… (View Post)

He is definitely playing Mussolini to Putin's Hitler. Hope they both end the same way. (View Post)

Don't worry, all the tens of billions we've wasted on foreign aid will buy us influence there. Gordon Brown and Andrew Mitchell say so. (View Post)