I'm a very long way from convinced that Carns is yet PM material. But at least he's displaying an awareness of some of the MoD bullshit that the rest of the defence ministers seem captured … (View Post)

It's insane that it's taken a year to draw up, and the armed forces minister was shown it (and by implication properly consulted) only two weeks ago. And now it's back to square one. A… (View Post)

What use does the UK have for main battle tanks ? Even if we could properly fund the "rapid reaction" 4th brigade to contribute to Europe's defence, we'd be far better spending th… (View Post)

Other photos are available, william. For example: https://people.com/obamas-unveil-joint-portrait-obama-presidential-center-11998699 For the record, they were delighted. (View Post)

Since US conservatives call everyone from Biden down a socialist, and I'm not sure US voters have a good grasp of what it means. (View Post)