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)

No need for Nazi comparisons. We have the neat contemporary reference case in Turkey to act as a guide. (View Post)

One of my favourite things is observing the subtle (or not so subtle) sensory frontiers you encounter as you travel through a country. Climate, vegetation, architecture, placenames. In France the rea… (View Post)

Almost like he’s been crying salt tears because there are no worlds left to conquer. (View Post)

This is surely the weirdest media coverage of an uprising ever. I get that there’s a blackout and it’s hard to get into the country as a journalist, but that’s not stopped intensive coverage of other… (View Post)