According to that chart, Sunak is still considered more favourably than the Tories themselves. Perhaps in the same way that Rosemary probably gets marginally more sympathy than Fred West. (View Post)

In the first leadership campaign, Sunak became increasingly Trussian as he flailed desperately for relevance. Seems like the same thing is happening in his premiership. (View Post)

Jacksonian ethnic cleansing is a nasty stain on American history, up there with slavery. And it’s not so obvious to me that it was even “necessary”. America did very well to seize California when it … (View Post)

Britain, like France, lives in the shadow of a greater history. Modern reality thereby inspires out-of-proportion anger and contempt. (View Post)

Empires in the sense we commonly think about are of course unsustainable. But, the US is an “empire” as well. Russia too. The UK, US, and Russia all “colonised” large landmasses in the 19th century. … (View Post)