FPT: That's one thing I've been speculating about. Perhaps Trump is trying to recreate a world like the 1890s, where big powers get to do what they want - eg foment the Spanish-American war… (View Post)

My quote of the day, "Trump's 78 years old. The 7 is silent." (View Post)

https://archive.is/20250217201212/https://www.ft.com/content/11f121f9-391c-4597-93f7-f12894e1b79d So ... Trump gets many of the best Western forces committed to a buffer zone in Ukraine. Putin no lon… (View Post)

1 - The 11% cut is an "up to" number, aiui. 2 - It won't be anything like £33bn extra per annum - that's for the birds. Lammy was talking about "need to work towards 2.5%&quo… (View Post)

Gossip. Has anyone well-connected at Westminster heard this one that came my way, wrt tensions around Trump? Paraphrased from a witness: A Reform MP (we think, Lee Anderson) was challenged in a corri… (View Post)