Verhofstadt is the arch-federalist who is always wrong. I think a much more relevant consideration for Putin was France and Germany's spineless response to Russia's 2014 invasion, driven by… (View Post)

He needs to give people a positive reason to vote Conservative. "Get Brexit done" (together with "We're not Corbyn") was more than enough in 2019, but the only reason to vote… (View Post)

Both parties are led by uncharismatic, wooden non-entities with no persuasive vision or political judgement. If it weren't for the Truss premiership, I could see them being roughly equal in the … (View Post)

Russian had never been banned in any part of Ukraine, though there are some restrictions on printing and publishing in it. On paying for the reconstruction, I think the Russian reserves frozen at the… (View Post)

He also delievered broadly what the country voted for, in terms of Brexit (four times - a referendum and three general elections) and economic policy, and what it wanted in lockdowns. I don't ag… (View Post)