That is my guess too. Although is anyone going to listen to or understand that difference? Similarly, I suspect we are going to have a lot of people explaining their newly acquired knowledge about ve… (View Post)

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)