I do wonder that, with plenty of capacity, we are actually hospitalising people who are not that ill, and who in the first wave would have been left at home to fend for themselves. (View Post)

He's right. Although I think the tradition was invented when the present Queen came to the throne. It's just that since the Union we have always had a king or queen where the highest number is the En… (View Post)

Lukashenka doesn't fart without Putin's say-so. Looks like Uncle Vova's next scheme to tweak our tail. Using Lukashenka gives him (barely) plausible deniability but his fan base (and enemies) in Russ… (View Post)

I expect this was instigated and sanctioned by Putin. (View Post)

The way of avoiding lockdown would have been to seal the borders. However (unlike the Australians) we're not prepared to do that. Dr John Campbell suggests that stopping all international air travel … (View Post)