This is either excellent diplomacy keeping the Western world away from the brink, or pitiful naïveté. Or a bit of both. Whichever, I wish them well. NEW: The UK is quietly taking a leading role on Gr… (View Post)

I postulated 4 outcomes if Iran successfully ditched the mullahs: civil war and chaos; chaos followed by a return to dictatorship; democratic flourishing; partial democracy with an ethno-nationalist … (View Post)

Boring post time: I think our laws and approach to driving safety are about right. Better than most countries. So we should just leave them as-is and not tinker. (View Post)

A relatively Farage-proof response to that would be the much touted EU youth mobility scheme. (View Post)

They are also all very domestic US talking points. That our UK discussions get clogged up with this sort of thing, including blanket coverage every time a US uniformed thug does what US uniformed thu… (View Post)