The French rely heavily on others when their one carrier is down for maintenance. IIRC they are reliant on the US Navy for landing training. (View Post)

Blocking a popular, middle of the road politician like Burnham would look ridiculous. And make Starmer look even weaker. The entire setup of the Labour Party constitution is to make ditching the Labo… (View Post)

That has been formally out sourced to whatever the Supreme Court says. (View Post)

I think it was John Le Carre who had a character remark “All power corrupts, but some must govern, so x will reluctantly scramble to the top of the heap”. (View Post)

Morgan did plenty of off-piste “privateering” - aka piracy. He was the kind of crook who knew when to betray all his friends and associates for a full pardon and a position. CII judged his man exactl… (View Post)