My own view is that Russia's economic prospects currently look very bleak. The elites must know that. The commodity price boost last year was temporary and the hydrocarbon sanctions are only just sta… (View Post)
I don't think the sanctions have been a complete failure. Although I thought we were nothing like tough enough in 2014 those sanctions have clearly blunted Russia's military capability too. What they… (View Post)
Should people in Britain really be starving? I'm sure I saw a 1kg bag of rice going for 35p in Tesco not that long ago. Now you might be malnourished if you rely on that but actually starving? With t… (View Post)
I'm loathe to be fair to Truss but did she actually blame the city types or was it the public officials at the Bank of England and Treasury who scuppered her chances? Thanks. I didn't think spending … (View Post)
Having watched the excellent 3 part BBC documentary on Putin the obvious missed chance seems to have been with the Minsk agreement. The capture of Crimea was bad enough but the Ukrainians effectively… (View Post)