The West has precisely zero experience of fighting a war the way Russia & Ukraine are currently fighting. Very little western doctrine applies, apart from the ”well I wouldn’t start from here” pa… (View Post)

You’ll know it’s over when Russia has to start shutting off the oil wells - there’s no way back from that (in the short-medium term) IIRC. (View Post)

Weirdly, according to the articles I’ve read, the Ukranian manpower shortage is not to do with a failure of recruitment (although obviously that is an issue, just as it is for the Russians) but the m… (View Post)

Turns out you can use that data for interesting economic studies! IIRC the company used that data (plus other traffic data) to demonstrate that the ”commutable distance” for the north of England was … (View Post)

If this story is actually true Reeves / Starmer really are f*#king useless aren’t they? Burnt a ton of political capital trailing this income tax rise over the last six months & then bottle it at… (View Post)