The central powers - Germany, Austria and Hungary - have been rather indifferent to their eastern neighbours. (View Post)

I think the problem in Germany is the SPD. The other main parties seem solidly pro-Ukraine. There's something very odd about that party's Russophilia. (View Post)

You said party nomination. Mondale as a losing VP did get the nomination though his youth and inexperience cost him. (View Post)

Yvette Cooper got herself into a slightly strange position the other day suggesting that no person who has committed crimes against women should be put in a women's prison. I'm guessing there are alr… (View Post)

I do think quite a lot of people will be puzzled as to why the killing of a man by police in Tennessee is the biggest story on the BBC. You also have to ask whether this would even be a story if he w… (View Post)