I accept your moral, logical and emotional argument. You are right there will be huge pressure on the Tories to grant a vote, and the pressure will have a persuasive moral case behind it. But will an… (View Post)

You are in denial of the political reality, Big G. No Tory PM is ever going to allow a referendum on the Union that they seem likely to lose. It would mean instant resignation, for a start, and histo… (View Post)

Ugh. Return home to find two of the very best restaurants in the neighbourhood have closed for good. London is quietly being shafted by Covid. (View Post)

Trump is possibly (unwittingly?) tapping into an anti-military, isolationist mood in America. Which is why his Kurdish debacle didn’t hurt him. Americans are tired of fighting. They don’t want to pol… (View Post)

But in Trump’s worldview, if you’re poor and uneducated you’re already a ‘sucker’. You should be born with a rich Father, like him. So in Trumpland the Vietnam dead are indeed suckers. Especially as … (View Post)