There may be an element of hard cop/soft cop going on - from the West's viewpoint, Biden leading the "war is imminent, sanctions will be ferocious" charge and Macron offering an altern… (View Post)

Agreed. Even if he makes speeches as King on controversial issues where I entirely agree with what he says, I'd rather he didn't. Otherwise, we have someone elevated by accident of birth in… (View Post)

I don't think she'd want huge fuss, just a dignified state funeral. People will obviously react differently (no doubt there will be idiots on Twitter trying to provoke), and it should be up… (View Post)

No, it was an uncle of mine (now deceased) - had a good career (he got an MC as the lead spotter at Arnhem for the one battery that got in range of the final bridge) but never at the advice-to-politi… (View Post)

Like others I struggle to see what Putin thinks he's getting out of all this. But a question not often discussed is what the military leaders think. There's one retired (pro-communist) gene… (View Post)