Putin is obviously a monster. I'm increasingly of the view that we should, as a nation, stop messing about and sunning ourselves on foreign beaches. It's time once again to have a Royal Navy worthy o… (View Post)

There's complexity in that though. Defence spending in that era created jobs for the many talented engineers etc. Something of the good of what we have now came from that. One can have too much butte… (View Post)

Does it give away his location? (View Post)

Only a matter of time though for Richard Burgon!? (View Post)

We're definitely not getting our money's worth. Public sector spending is nearly always so. I think it's generally true, and one of the reasons I have quite rightish (Tory) politics is that I think w… (View Post)