From a purely domestic politics perspective, the fact that oil is back below $70 per barrel is probably more important than people's view on Starmer's actions in relation to a war that the … (View Post)

There is more than one way to skin a cat. Trump chose to disengage from diplomacy that seemed to be working because Obama. Now he's bombing because it looks good on Fox news. It may be that this… (View Post)

The choice isn't between supporting US/Iranian action or supporting Iran. That's a ridiculous strawman. No one in British or European politics supports Iran. But nor do we support North Kor… (View Post)

If anyone had predicted 'Iran fires missiles at US base' as a good news story 6 months ago, they'd have been laughed out of the room. (View Post)

I enjoy when people draw conclusions on what an insular Islamic regime in Iran is going to do as retaliation based on how traders in London and Tokyo price things. 'The markets' are as clue… (View Post)