Absolutely. The Syria news is very bad news for both Russian and Iranian interests. I don't think we know enough about how the current rebels will behave to comment on whether it's a good thing for h… (View Post)

A few thoughts on the migration story: 1) The Tories deliberately played the act of tough on migration, all whilst making policy decisions to massively increase migration. Rwanda was nothing more tha… (View Post)

Surely if they nuke any UK target our response would have to be overwhelming, not merely tit for tat. That's the whole point of Trident and the nuclear deterrent. The response has to be catastrophic … (View Post)

We need less romanticised view of farming as family run small businesses. As a country the thing we are sorely lacking is productivity growth. We should welcome companies investing in farmland, mergi… (View Post)

The most important part of Europe's response right now is Germany. And specifically German elections in February. Why? Germany had huge fiscal headroom if it wanted to use it. With debt at under 40% … (View Post)