Britain still spends a fair wodge on the International Aid budget. It's not hard to envisage a rebrand of that from Aid to Reparations, with no extra money being spent. The difference might be t… (View Post)

Fuxsake. On the phone to an Irish insurance company and my mind goes blank, I can't remember the phonetic alphabet, so in my very English accent I use: "Victory. Europe." to spell out … (View Post)

That's not terrible though. If countries can raise the ambition of their current pledges by a bit, and meet those, then we should be able to limit warming to 2.5C. That then gives us a bit of a … (View Post)

I think that's a fair critique. The framing of a relationship is important. I think part of the drive for reparations is that the framing of international aid as charity is not working for the r… (View Post)

No history before 1603? No Reformation? No Romans, Vikings or Normans? None of the early European voyages of discovery? No Black Death, Magna Carta or Crusades? No Spanish Armada, Hundred Years War o… (View Post)