Which raises the question: why did the Tories (2010-2024) shaft the young, rather than make little capitalists out of them? (View Post)

I can't get my head around this sort of thing. I know Ireland is nominally neutral, but it likes to say it is strongly supportive of Ukraine, and yet it's helping supply the Russian defence… (View Post)

I think some Democrats have introduced resolutions and the Republicans have voted them down. So Congress has had its say, but seems to be stuck on party lines at the moment. It does say least mean th… (View Post)

One step at a time. A government would have to win a referendum first. 54% is not much of a lead to be going into a referendum campaign with. (View Post)

China has been an Empire for ages and Empires do heinous things to enforce Imperial hegemony over their reluctant subjects, as critics of the shorter-lived British Empire are wont to point out (me in… (View Post)