Of course Boris is plotting a comeback. His hope is to see some stooge replace Sunak, someone who will supply him with a safe seat or perhaps a seat in the Lords. From there he’ll hope to be Tory lea… (View Post)

David Lammy has suggested that a Labour government will pursue a formal defence relationship with the EU. (View Post)

Britain increasingly resembles some kind of comic opera version of Soviet Russia, where the only way to make real money is via some cronyist sinecure in a “privatised” monopoly. (View Post)

Sorry, what do mean processed? Bread and pasta are processed, aren’t they? (View Post)

I like Zeihan’s Sino-pessimism, perhaps because it chimes with my own prejudices. Agree on Africa, sheer demographics make it central to the coming decades. Time to buy real estate in Dar es Salaam. (View Post)