It's a long time ago, but I doubt it - if I recall the wargaming simulations (arguably more serious than most of uor armchair chat), US aid to Russia was overwhelmingly later in the war than the… (View Post)

Awesome political skill there (View Post)

Sympathies, kjh - it's so hard to lose a parent even when they are quite old. (View Post)

Tunred 73 today and idly wondering when I'm going to start being more conservative. More practically, how do people handle the retirement thing? I've still got three jobs (charity departmen… (View Post)

FWIW, I worked in a couple of Ministries (coming in as PPS for Defra and Energy/Science), and civil servants popped in and out all the time, as well as 2-3 sitting in on more formal meetings with the… (View Post)