No, I should have been clearer: against former Warsaw Pact countries. Russia has gone seriously backwards. It’s simply a fascist, mafioso state at this point. (View Post)

The Oscars are shite, and have been shite as long as I remember. The Golden Globes have better critical apparatus than the qualuded boomers who make up the voting Academy. Which makes it notable that… (View Post)

Farage is right that Ukraine is notably corrupt. As in, more corrupt than even its neighbours. One reason why the economy pretty much flatlined after the 1990s. Important to be clear-eyed about these… (View Post)

Of course Mandelson is in lockstep with Starmer. Not just Davey but much of PB were wildly off base yesterday. (View Post)

Canada needs to be closer to Europe and the United Kingdom," - Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly. Time for my proposed Anglo-Canadian agreement. A third pole between US and the E… (View Post)