I agree David but I think the response has been careful and measured and will continue to be so. NATO could have just waded in and beat the shit out of the Russian Army but that would have increased … (View Post)

I used to like him, but rightly or wrongly I blamed him for the Brown/Blair wars which did huge damage to the Labour Party and the sensible governing of the country. Difficult to forgive him for that. (View Post)

Seriously, I'm inclined to regard Lavrov as a fairly inconsequential figure and not part of Putin's inner circle. He's one of their useful idiots, a bit like Comical Ali in the Iraq wa… (View Post)

Latecomer. Saw Santana at Fillmore West, July 1969. They hadn't made a record at the time but were top of the bill just on local reputation. (View Post)

No matter. We'll accept that as a notional abstention. (View Post)