I rather think destroying Iran's ability to close the straits should have been number one on the agenda. This is great news for oil producing countries - Putin's Russia included. And yet an… (View Post)

It is a somewhat modern take that art must disturb and challenge to be regarded as art. Art used to be commissioned by wealthy patrons just to give pleasure. Vettriano's work does that. The disd… (View Post)

You didn't? The Sunni nexus - Al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia, etc. hates the Shia Iranian regime. The fact that the regime is hated by nasty people shouldn't blind us to the fact that it is itself … (View Post)

Defence. (View Post)

It's a core vote strategy. Lots of Labour are giving up dreams of winning the country and instead hoping to preserve a few seats in the heartland. (View Post)