I don't think Trump is actively pro-Russia*. He's simply indifferent about the war. If European countries wanted to spend money on US armaments to send them to Ukraine I don't think he… (View Post)

People want to shut up people who disagree with them, and will be shocked when it's used against them. Given the vitriol one sees in many online discussions this is not surprising. (View Post)

p There would be more opposition in Britain to culling all dangerous dogs than to deporting all Muslims. (View Post)

Bach's Cello suites were probably written closer in time to the English victory at Agincourt than the present day. (View Post)

I'm not so confident. The pattern of political polarisation in recent years is that people who don't like Starmer - as a lot of people don't for various reasons - will tend to accept w… (View Post)