There is a tipping point in Russia, but I see no evidence at all that it's there any time soon, and my worry is that the brave Ukrainians will reach their tipping point first, in which case it&#… (View Post)

You're thinking about it as a civilised, humane Westerner, to whom every life is precious. Here a deliberate decision to crash a couple of jumbo jets every day would indeed be unacceptable. But … (View Post)

Except that it isn't. Russia is spending 40% of GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE - not GDP - on defence - about 7-8% of GDP. See John Healey's contribution here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons… (View Post)

The Treasury then was only out by a factor of 5, which is actually quite good for government guesses. I remember the Home Office forecasting that 13,000 East Europeans would come when we allowed them… (View Post)

Or rebuild our criminal justice system, armed forces and potholed roads, while giving our vastly overburdened taxpayers a break ... (View Post)