I don’t get a cultural exemption either. It wasn’t even a three stage nuclear weapon, and they get all sniffy. (View Post)

Putin will carry on a broken back war, in the style of Sir Ralph Richardson in The Shape of Things To Come. If he loses Crimea, that could open a window for him. (View Post)

Some here were surprised to learn that Loyalists got concessions as well as Republicans, a while back, when EU customs officials got threatened. (View Post)

It’s the classic where a wanker spoils the quiet, sensible arrangement that has worked for 99.999%, for decades. (View Post)

Also, definitions of trust. I would trust the Saudi Government to brutally repress opposition. Justice for minorities, much less so. The U.K. government, the reverse. (View Post)