Like the Tories' over-enthusiastic support for the Iraq wars, the stance the opposition takes doesn't really matter (except for some brownie points in opposing if they are later proved right, and eve… (View Post)

Getting Ukraine "right" was hardly difficult - Russia invades a neighbouring country, what position would you take? - and Johnson had the additional incentive of having to scurry to move on… (View Post)

Possibly - or possibly she's someone like Mandleson or Gove, who can stand out as a member of a senior team whilst having personal characteristics that make them unsuitable for the top job. There are… (View Post)

FPT Talking of Cammo, a good friend of mine put together a radio play gently having fun at his Ukraine aid visit to Poland, when people didn't know who he was. It was broadcast Tuesday on R4, availab… (View Post)

It's the long established US GOP formula, where poor people are whipped up about guns and religion and abortion so that they vote for people who will hand over yet more power and wealth to America's … (View Post)