It is the job of decision makers in power to view things dispassionately and figure out what it means and how best to respond. Of course what matters is people but you don't serve them best by g… (View Post)

I was living in the Caribbean when 9/11 happened and there were plenty of people there who expressed the view that it wasn't surprising in the context of US foreign policy - not that they had it… (View Post)

1997 carries a sense of inevitability now that it certainly didn't at the time, as those of us who were there at the time will remember only too well. 1992 was fresh in everyone's mind, and… (View Post)

Far be it from me to defend Rory Stewart, who I've always found rather annoying, but I think "terrible human being" is the right kind of language to use about Johnson. That's beca… (View Post)

You and your pesky facts. (View Post)