I think that a lesson from all this is that if you really want to intervene somewhere you need to do it in support of someone with substantial local popularity, even if lots of other people hate him … (View Post)

Biden and the Democrats are Corbynite Labour? What are you drinking? (View Post)

There's an echo of this on my local council, which has been asked to provide support for settling for a few Afghan interpreters and their families. We've said emphatically yes - would be sh… (View Post)

Blair's view, as I think I've said before, was that people would tolerate a relatively generous refugee policy so long as it appeared reasonably under control, but they wouldn't tolera… (View Post)

Only the Australian government has published much detail - I don't have the link to hand but could dig it out on Monday if you like. Briefly, our understanding is that the British have accepted … (View Post)