Indeed - 1989 was coordinated by the major powers. And, as you say, no steal. Panama, in fact resulted in the US leaving completely, leaving behind a representative democracy. Which has endured. Para… (View Post)

There’s a belief by some (which I hold) that Noriega and Paraguay were part of a “dump your bastards and our bastards) between Bush I and Gorbachev. Note how a huge range of countries discovered demo… (View Post)

More that you are seeing a combination of catching up with a previous deficit in housing and “unwind”. Unwind has been seen a lot in parts of the UK, where new housing is immediately occupied by peop… (View Post)

And you see the reverse for other people. It’s about the priorities in their heads. Corbyn is a Negative Western Nationalist (see Orwell). The tendency to excuse anything Russian on the Hard Left, ev… (View Post)

Shirley any proper, red-blooded Socialist should be demanding a National Pineapple Service? Complete with a 6 month waiting list for getting a pineapple. (View Post)