Britain's conquest of India was certainly very lucrative. The Mexican-American War was also worth it for the US. More recently, the German invasion of Bohemia and Moravia was certainly worthwhil… (View Post)

Or it's an offer designed to be rejected to provide justification for whatever Israel does next. Or it's just to boost Trump's ego for a few minutes. I don't think we should take … (View Post)

I don't think Russia's failure in that sense would deter China from attacking Taiwan. I think it would be easy for the Chinese to imagine that they wouldn't make the same mistakes, and… (View Post)

I generally favour more frequent elections anyway, and I think manifestos are important for political debate, opened and honesty. But the world is volatile and a government may have cause to change t… (View Post)

Indeed. And the ability of Parliament to easily replace a failing PM is an advantage of a Parliamentary system over an executive President. We should not dilute this advantage by placing artificial b… (View Post)