I think what you're trying to do is to make a conclusion about someone's motivation, and that's very hard to do. What I think we can do is to judge Israel's actions against what w… (View Post)

If we manage to complete the energy transition away from fossil fuels then we might well find out. The Middle East would mean no more to most of the rest of the world than remote corners of Africa do… (View Post)

My impression from the outside is that lawyers are taught how to win, how to argue a weak case. It's one reason why we've ended up with so many of the legal profession in our politics at th… (View Post)

He's not interested. It's a simple case of revealed preference. If he was interested he would have been working on it full-time since Boris Johnson was forced out. It's the same as wit… (View Post)

I did take my first dip in the sea of the summer yesterday. A fantastically sunny afternoon in Crookhaven. (View Post)