I don't think you do "seek peace". But you allow intermediaries to explore possibilities, while maintaining an absolutist front. I doubt if Putin thinks total conquest of Ukraine is no… (View Post)

There's a sympathetic discussion in this thread: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-conditions-in-Norways-prisons-for-females-actually-like Briefly, there are very few women in prison in Norway,… (View Post)

There's a lot in that. But I do think that what's happening in Gaza and even more what's happening on the West Bank is actively stirring antisemitism (the West Bank is worse in many wa… (View Post)

Don't be silly. There is substantial body of opinion in Labour that we should return to 0.7% aid ASAP and stop pretending that part of that can be spent on migrant hotels. There is nobody with a… (View Post)

I think it's possible to have the government almost asleep at the wheel and for the ship to be sailing along without hitting any obvious rocks, for a while. Nonetheless, I don't think an im… (View Post)