The UK has fewer geopolitical options than it did before 2016, when it could briefly hope to act as a Chinese bridge into Europe alongside its existing role as a US one. If one believes in liberal de… (View Post)

British respect for “the rules” is its superpower. Also it’s Achilles heel. Nobody else plays by the rules as the British understand them. This was true within the EU, when Britain loved to gold plat… (View Post)

I don’t think it is. It’s a the single best thing the government can do to ameliorate child poverty, which has been growing steeply (even as ever higher numbers of pensioners weigh up how many cruise… (View Post)

Luckyguy is sectionable-adjacent. (View Post)

I don’t know what the Corbynite claims are, but Israel makes it its business to run an aggressive lobbying and influence operation across the entire West. And it’s incredibly effective. Too bad the I… (View Post)