You have to be careful with that sort of thing and only use it very rarely, so that it will be effective when it is most necessary. I think it's borderline in this case. The orange warning for Storm … (View Post)

What makes you say that? Having just read Ed Miliband's speech from yesterday on nuclear power, I don't see anything particularly alarming. It's perhaps frustrating that the pace of decision-making o… (View Post)

When Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in 2022 they were given firm defence commitments by the US, Britain and other countries, precisely to dissuade an attack on them before they had NATO memb… (View Post)

If Ukraine had joined NATO in 2008 it's extremely unlikely that Russia would have dared to invade. As strategic mistakes go it's right up there with the biggest. (View Post)

There are more and more reports of locals taking over Syrian Army checkpoints and equipment in the south of Syria, while HTS advances from the north and SDF from the east. Also reports of Syrian Army… (View Post)