Also people seem very ready to let other European countries - like Poland, the Baltics, Germany and Denmark - spend money to ensure British defence, but not willing to match their spending. It's… (View Post)

Russia has a much stronger military than Britain if it is able to hold its own against Ukraine. What is this idea that being held to a stalemate in Ukraine is a sign of Russian weakness? I think you&… (View Post)

I also think that people are criticising past mistakes - such as with Ajax - but to an extent the MoD is already adapting to a more urgent reality and operating differently. For example, Britain gave… (View Post)

It's interesting to compare to Ireland in terms of political uncertainty. People make a lot of the low corporation tax rate in Ireland when explaining Ireland's economic success. That'… (View Post)

What Farage cannot abide, is being a loser (again). He walked away from UKIP when he could see that the Brexit referendum result had made them temporarily irrelevant. He backed down in the 2019GE and… (View Post)