You forgot the African traders in the middle. (View Post)

This is also my view. The last point is also critical, it wasn’t just economic progress, it was broadly liberal progress too. However, it seems our view is dying out, or is perhaps already extinguish… (View Post)

I don’t think the Commonwealth should do the UK’s bidding. That would be bizarre. I simply note the UK’s diplomatic defeat on this issue. (View Post)

I think the Commonwealth can still be a forum for the exchange of law, education, democratic practice, and culture. However, it requires the UK to do a lot of the heavy lifting, and I think the FO se… (View Post)

It’s obvious from the reporting that the UK suffered a diplomatic defeat at the Commonwealth. Reparations were not even on the agenda, so the UK has been “hijacked”. And despite Starmer’s pleading, i… (View Post)