One wonders how well the current government would cope with a repeat of the winter of 1947. (View Post)

The 10-way party leader debate for the Irish general election was as bad as you would expect it to be, and we have switched off halfway through. Ten internet points to whoever can name all ten party … (View Post)

Indeed. And his government has been successful in increasing the numbers deported. So you'd think that those people with "reasonable concerns" over immigration would be cautiously opti… (View Post)

That's possible, but it could also be that North Korea sees an alliance with Russia as a way to become more independent of China, and so this may not be under China's direction. Western det… (View Post)

You could be right, but I would be sceptical for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we've seen many massive events in British political history, and few of them have brought a government to a prematu… (View Post)