Johnson lied to Parliament. You cannot have a functioning Parliamentary democracy if ministers are allowed to lie to Parliament. That principle is much bigger than any individual. It's always th… (View Post)

Taxing the wealthy more won't be enough. The current and near-future demands on the public finances are (in no particular order): 1. Cutting the deficit. 2. Continuing to find more money each ye… (View Post)

Ultimately the public are responsible, but most of the public are followers and not leaders. I include myself in that, by the way. I want someone to follow. Choices and decisions are hard, so if ther… (View Post)

Perhaps, but Russia have been pretty good at concentrating casualties among peripheral populations, and coercing immigrants to die for them. The result is that Russia in the decades ahead will have a… (View Post)

It could be, or it could be a simpler psychological failing. PB was discussing Chomsky recently, at the time of his phantom death. He opposed the US war in Vietnam, which you can see as a principled … (View Post)