Really struck by how the refugee crisis has cut through this time. It was touching to see the crowds at Berlin main station carrying placards urging refugees to come and stay with them indefinitely -… (View Post)

That's appalling - I do hope you don't have any more horrors. (View Post)

That's right. There has been a legitimate criticism that no Ukrainian government has felt able to disband the Azov gang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion) and ban neo-Nazism. The pro… (View Post)

It's worth keeping in mind that Zelensky has domestic opponents too, nearly all of whom are much more nationalist (and often more corrupt) than he is. At the moment he clearly has overwhelming s… (View Post)

I offered to go up for a few days to help - they didn't bother to take it up, and the usual appeals to help the polling day operation haven't been coming in. So either they're insanely… (View Post)