AFAIK the Russians haven't been pressing to reincorporate Kyiv and Western Ukraine, where the population is overwhlemingly hostile - their claim is Crimea plus the eastern provinces. If they wer… (View Post)

Interesting angle on the US elections: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/donald-trump-the-left-social-media-rightwing-propaganda-progressives-woke (View Post)

I'm unenthusiastic about subsidising domestic agriculture too, but climate change predictions and the possibility of global transport disruption give me pause about moving towards total dependen… (View Post)

I'm not sure that broad terms like "left" and "right" help much when we're willing to talk in detail as we are here. I'd like to see more progressive taxation (incl… (View Post)

Scandinavia basically offers the model of social democracy in public spending balanced by private ownership of most utilities and high taxation. It works pretty well, with little demand either for st… (View Post)