Online Russian name converters suggest that Николай (Nikolay) is a good Russian equivalent to Nigel. (View Post)

Not ambitious enough. If you have a close vote share spread between the five largest parties, then differences in vote distribution can create an outcome where the number of seats are distributed inv… (View Post)

To be fair, it takes time to build capability, and you have to spend the money first. So spending more money is the first thing you get to boast about. But, yes, the press release was also very lacki… (View Post)

The pattern in the second Trump Presidency has been: 1. Trump does something that will wreck the global economy. 2. Markets panic and fall. 3. Trump TACOs. 4. Massive market relief rally. 5. Profit (… (View Post)

This has been one of the larger failures of Starmer's government. It also acts as a pretty good example of the way in which it has failed in everything else - delay, dithering, half-measures, ex… (View Post)