IanB2

As the LibDem MP for Tunbridge Wells (an army veteran) is proposing, what is needed is a European defence framework not dissimilar to NATO. Nations retain their own armed forces - as we do now, withi… (View Post)

Exactly. If we were to criticise Americans for their dress sense, we'd be here all day. People who go on a European tour in their pyjamas are in no position to throw stones. (View Post)

The policy stances of the right of British politics have always traded on both genuine and faux patriotism - this now presents the Tories with a wedge issue to try and undermine Reform (View Post)

I'm just catching up on last night's Newsnight. Asked who started the war in Ukraine, Trump's spokeswoman replied "Joe Biden". (View Post)

When I read the history of the 30s I sometimes think the most remarkable thing is the scale of re-armament that went on in those final peacetime years. The appeasement and attempts at peace and event… (View Post)