He'll be a bit old by the one after, by UK political standards... He's already 60. (View Post)

I think that part of the societal contract is that participants in the economy behave reasonably. If people buy health insurance from a major provider, their expedition is for their health costs to b… (View Post)

I know it's been mentioned a lot on here, but the growth of solar is going to become far prominent in political discourse: European subsidies helped facilitate the initial growth. But I suspect … (View Post)

I don't think the two are really connected. Putin always needed a win in Ukraine much more than in Syria, hence the ground support in the latter was very limited. The presumed loss of a naval ba… (View Post)

It's a big defeat for Iran and a big defeat for Russia. That's good news in itself geopolitically. It remains to be seen if it's good for Syrians or that West. The poor outcomes are if… (View Post)