He may not yet be a dictator. But, remarkably, he’s behaving like a dictator of several years’ standing. The golden statue stuff usually happens many years into a dictatorship. We were talking books … (View Post)

There’s a cattiness to the Israel-Iran beef which reminds me a bit of the Balkan wars of the 90s. A real desire to hurt each other, more powerful than the desire to “win”. Remember the Serbs shelling… (View Post)

Got two of those down the bottom of our road in urban Brockley too. Generally well stocked. (View Post)

Another morning, yet another 7am Today headline starting with “President Trump has said”. I make that at least two thirds of the top headlines in the weeks since the war started. “President Trump has… (View Post)

We have no precedent or case study for our predicament unfortunately, except perhaps Japan. Perhaps 30% of our problems are down to recent crises (and there have been many) but the rest are down to a… (View Post)