Yep - he hasn’t spoken yet. Although FT was pretty thoroughly briefed on it. I guess what strikes me is that Robertson published his review in June and we are still waiting promised investment plan (… (View Post)

Surely both can be true - to a greater or lesser extent. It is certainly true that there has - at least in my living memory - always been a hardcore of people of predominately left wing views who hav… (View Post)

Isn’t this a function of Israel being a functioning democracy? We hold it to higher standards - or at least I kind of do. I am not surprised when dictatorships (whether notionally communist, monarchi… (View Post)

Just reminded me of this gem in a recent LRB re Yitzhak Shamir: “When Shamir met the UN official Brian Urquhart for the first time [as foreign minister], he greeted him warmly. ‘I am so happy to meet… (View Post)

Although I think this is probably a function of interesting behaviour on the part of the universities rather than the SLC. The latest Private Eye had an article about certain unis playing fast and lo… (View Post)