The food price issue makes sense in focusing minds. However let's not kid ourselves. Neither China nor the OPEC countries want a pro-western government in Moscow. Perhaps the war/Putin are seen as mo… (View Post)

The split isn't that big actually. I would have thought it might have been bigger. The issue won't be whether it is happening but what do we do? Impoverishing ourselves whilst the world as a whole do… (View Post)

There has been much unwise talk of offering an 'off ramp' for Putin. However we should have done a lot more to promote the idea of an off ramp for Russia. One analysis I saw showed that a lot of Russ… (View Post)

I'm referring to the Biden administration. (View Post)

So a result in the cricket seems likely. According to the cliche, Americans don't understand games that end in a draw. However it increasingly seems like that is what they want out of the Russia/Ukra… (View Post)