Sorry about the headache. Hope it improves fast. On the debt, surely it has ever been thus. We didn't pay off our WW2 debt until 2006 We didn't pay off our WW1 debt until even later. 2015. … (View Post)

Clearly it isn't a no brainer for many Governments inside the EU. France for example reintroduced border checks in 2015 and has never lifted them. They reapply to the EU every 6 months for an ex… (View Post)

Completely OT but a public information announcement for anyone interested in Indian Colonial History. Back in 2014 the Qatari National Library entered into a project with the British Library to digit… (View Post)

Don't misunderstand me, I think the money spent on Ukraine is not only morally right but also very sensible froma prctical point of view. I would be happy to see far more spent. I was only dispu… (View Post)

And Japan and Canada? Sorry but the excuses don't work. (View Post)