Terrible picture, but I'm pretty sure that's a Harrier. If you enlarge the image enough the bulges of the intakes are faintly visible, and the wings appear to be mounted too high for a Hawk. (View Post)

Not an anachronism, just different circumstances. Plug-in electric kettles of the type ubiquitous in Britain are much less useful in the US because their 110v electric supply means the kettle takes m… (View Post)

Anecdote alert. I was sitting in a waiting room in a hospital in Glasgow when Sturgeon's press conference came on the TV. One of the nurses who was doing paperwork nearby looked up at the TV, took in… (View Post)

Taken to its final conclusion, the argument put forward by those who believe fighting Russia directly will cause Putin to use nukes can have only one outcome - Russia can take and hold any territory … (View Post)

Everyone has been concentrating on the dangers of getting involved in Ukraine, but presumably this will turn some minds on both side of the Atlantic toward the dangers of staying out. (View Post)