The percentage of convictions appealed is under 1%, I think ? So while the success rate is very high, it doesn't in itself imply a large number of wrong convictions. If anything, perhaps the opp… (View Post)

Bit awks for NATO. (View Post)

This is the absolute effing idiots version of Blair's dodgy dossier. There is no remotely plausible scenario in which Iran would have had "30 to 40 nuclear bombs" a year from now This … (View Post)

It's really not complicated. See Russia vs Ukraine. You can argue about who falls in which category on occasion, but the difference between offence and defence is a very clear one indeed. (View Post)

As he's aged, his acting has improved immeasurably. Very good in Paddington 2. They should cast him as a Bond villain. (View Post)