Sigh. If we want to play rhetorical games, Labour was and is the obvious challenger in mid-Beds and the LibDem effort from 12% was the spoiler, complete with personal attacks on the Labour candidate.… (View Post)

Speaking of which, it's looking quite exciting. The populist left (really a vehicle for ex-PM Fico) narrowly ahead of mainstream liberals and social democrats. Various conservative/nationalists parti… (View Post)

Yes - at that time Armenia was backed by Russia and Azerbaijan by Turkey and the West. There appears to have been a crossover, though I think that Russia and anyone else who counts on either being a … (View Post)

Another Alistair Meeks scintillation: https://alastair-meeks.medium.com/naming-the-date-fea96ccbb6fe The analogy with Pascal's wager (which I had to google) is especially elegant. (View Post)

I like Boris - friendly, self-deprecating, funny. Doesn't mean I want him in Parliament! Much as I feel about Leon, really. (View Post)