And yet the great powers have fought over Afghanistan for something like 200 years. If they have so little to offer, why does everyone keep invading them? (View Post)

These kind of group shoplifting mobs were happening fifteen years ago & people were predicting the collapse of the US as a result then. Unless & until you see statistics that make clear that … (View Post)

I think this is really up to the Ukrainians. If they’re willing to fight a slow, attritional war to slowly eject the Russians from the south then we should give them to tools to let them make that ch… (View Post)

“Look what you made me do” sounds an awful lot like the language used by those abusing their partners. (View Post)

It’s a sad reflection of where we are that oversight by the DfE, a department not exactly known for its outstanding administrative quality, would be an improvement on the current situation. (View Post)