SKS's strategy is clearly focused on the later stage of Parliament (local elections in the meantime? Er, sorry about that), and I don't see him being replaced before it's clear whether… (View Post)

(I messed up the quotes in that post - it was from Nick Palmer rather than Alex) (View Post)

I tend to skip ydoethur's contributions as they are almost invariably unreasonably aggressive, damaging the atmosphere of the site, and this leader is no exception to that. As with all changes, … (View Post)

I'm not sure that Western Europe, willing or not to replace the Americans, will be that decisive. The real Russian position appears to be reabsorption of the eastern provinces and Crimea - Putin… (View Post)

I'm glad Cyclefree raised the issue, since the worst thing we can do is simply shrug and ignore it. Not against a sporting boycott but we need to be clear that it doesn't change anything. Q… (View Post)