Weirdly I was reading his memoirs in the pub with a library bar the other day while waiting for a friend and was far more unassuming and self-deprecating than would expect. Although only got through … (View Post)

The reaspn is twofold. Firstly we will have to use it to some extent. If the US is abandoning Ukraine then we will have to provide either a peacekeeping force, weapons to Ukraine, and/or beef up defe… (View Post)

True in general. But there's a very noisy subset of Brexiteers who have drank the Trumpist Putin sympathising Kool-Aid because they hate the EU as they hate liberal western democratic international i… (View Post)

Because actually saying something would mean acknowledging the collapse of their worldview and post-2016 project. Which was/is predicated on the idea Trumpism can be beneficial to Britain rather than… (View Post)

Because if Putin gets a win in Ukraine, which a 'peace deal' that sells out Ukraine will be, it shows Putin that aggression works and that he can pretty much do what he wants in Eastern Europe as far… (View Post)