By recommendation: Have spent the morning reading Christopher Hitchens' memoir Hitch '22. Whilst he's always struck me as an interesting raconteur and columnist I've never fully admired him in the wa… (View Post)

From what I've read Kilicdaroglu seems like a good chap. The main criticism has been his age and ability to beat Erdogan compared to other candidates. The fact they've all come together as one is a g… (View Post)

You just can't help yourself can you? In what sense is Zaluzhny the Pentagon's guy? Yet again you want to insult the Ukrainians as if they are nothing more than American proxies. Yet it is quite clea… (View Post)

I was a little concerned about Robert Fox talking about the dangers of a possible accident there. The only danger is of deliberate sabotage. I'm sure I read that months ago when it was in the news th… (View Post)

It's an important point. Prices came down in part because people cut usage. Will that be sustained? We were very fortunate to have a mild winter. Germany has been too weak for my liking on the milita… (View Post)