I've always maintained that Trump was primarily a grifter, in politics for the money he could get out of it, and therefore with no fixed ideology as such. So I feel a certain grim satisfaction i… (View Post)

My hope is that there will be a deal with Putin/Russia when Russia have been forced into such a bad position that the 1991 borders and an end to the fighting will be a relief to Russia, and better th… (View Post)

Changing leader before the next GE would be too reminiscent of the year of three Prime Ministers. It would speak of chaos, confusion and uncertainty. Badenoch isn't doing well, but there's … (View Post)

Cleverly was my favoured candidate, because he seems like a good egg. But he fumbled the leadership election so badly to end up third in the final MP's ballot, that you can't have any confi… (View Post)

A new Russian leader would have a strategic decision to make. They could either accept becoming a satrap of China, or they could make tentative steps towards friendship with the West. The advantage o… (View Post)