Yes. It's not a competition, but there's a reason why WW2 casts a particularly long shadow in Eastern Europe. 25% of the Russian population in the occupied area were killed. (View Post)

That's a bit of a myth - as HYUFD has pointed out, many immigrants are socially conservative and by no means keen on the left. Personally I think the effort to get into the developed world (it&#… (View Post)

I wouldn't have expected it, BigG. But there was a poll linked from PB a couple of days ago on who British voters would like to see win in France. Labour voters were so,mething like 53-8 for Mac… (View Post)

HYUFD's point is that the policy isn't designed to win a majority in the country. It's designed to get most Conservative Party members and voters telling Conservative MPs that they sho… (View Post)

FPT: This is the Haaretz article about how the Israeli scheme was set up - it sounds very similar. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-to-pay-rwanda-5-000-for-every-asylum-seeker-deported-ther… (View Post)