My memories of the 70s are of similar ilk. Being told not to walk into a sea cave on a beach in Pembrokeshire. Seeing snow outside. Being chased by a Canada Goose at Newstead Abbey (which to my toddl… (View Post)

Vance is malevolent. I’m not sure he really actively likes anyone or anything. Certainly he’s pretty withering about the community in which he grew up, far more so than any of his critics (I note som… (View Post)

Someone should establish Abigail’s Party. (View Post)

There are deep, permanent allies that are almost totally aligned. Limited in our case probably to ANZ, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, various overseas territories and one or two Eastern European c… (View Post)

Each of the dictatorships brings its own particular destructive skillset to the table. The whole is greater and more dangerous than the sum of its parts. Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy Inc captures the p… (View Post)