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)

That’s the point I made yesterday about our increasingly Hobbesian world. I don’t wish for Britain to surrender its long-standing support for international institutions, but there seems to be gross l… (View Post)

Somewhat disingenuous, yes. We also live in an age of hysterical media “gotchas” and so increasingly the best strategy is to avoid the truth. One of the key lessons of May’s ill-fated social care cap. (View Post)

Trump has broken his internet. But we’ve known he’s cracked for some time. (View Post)