King Charles enjoying his speeches with just the right mix of diplomacy and criticism. How novel it must be in the US to have a speech in whole sentences and from paper notes. I note Vance didn'… (View Post)

Reform will probably come first, but I am not tempted. It is an anti-Labour, anti-Tory wave of anger, and there is a new kid on the block. Faragism is looking increasingly dog-earred. (View Post)

No, the fact that we have had a run of mostly decent monarchs over the last 90 years doesn't invalidate that it is a genetic lottery. We could have had Edward VIII during WW2 and the Cold War if… (View Post)

Chelyabinsk metallurgical plant the other day too, 1800 km from Ukraine. The "Tankograd" built in 1941 to be safely in the Urals. 1) Russian air defence must be nearly non existent for such… (View Post)

What, like a mob attacking Congress threastening to lynch the Vice President? (View Post)