Cleverly was my favoured candidate, because he seems like a good egg. But he fumbled the leadership election so badly to end up third in the final MP's ballot, that you can't have any confidence in h… (View Post)

A new Russian leader would have a strategic decision to make. They could either accept becoming a satrap of China, or they could make tentative steps towards friendship with the West. The advantage o… (View Post)

So, on the one hand, pulling Ireland out of the EU into a Sterling Area is a vital and significant step in securing British defence of it's interests and home territory and at the same time I am bein… (View Post)

It is a fever dream. There is zero chance of Ireland leaving the EU in order to join a Sterling Area, regardless that you can find a couple of cranks on favour of it. Most Irish are still proud of ha… (View Post)

This is unduly cynical and complacent. Mainly I would argue that the intensity of the conflict in Ukraine is not low. A lot of people are dying every day. The continuation of the ear is bad for Weste… (View Post)