All that cracking, breaking and dislodging could have been happening years ago, if the West had provided the weapons. It has taken until now for the Ukrainians to develop the means. In that time, the… (View Post)

Labour will take you back to Britain of the 1970s. Crisis? What crisis? (View Post)

Happy Thunderbirds Day. 60 years old. A source of much joy and wonder in the young me. As well as the "FIVE!" countdown, I still remember theme music within the show - like the music for th… (View Post)

Into the valley of death rode the 600. "That was a great thing in Crimea, right?" The person who pointed out to Putin that it was the cavalry that died has just, er, died. (View Post)

St Petersburg on fire? (View Post)