I think we are just about at the point where people lower down the chain need to start asking if 'I was only obeying orders' will be a sufficient defence to save their jobs. I mean, would y… (View Post)

The other problem being that the criteria for being accepted as a candidate was wanting to be one. They had almost no formal system for accepting candidates let alone vetting them. (View Post)

Agree entirely. But then I am not sure I would trust anyone in a senior position in Reform to be in charge of vetting. Their basic premise would be sufficient reason for not choosing them in the firs… (View Post)

Oh I agree. I just work on the basis that keeping the moral highground when it comes to treaties is always the better move. (View Post)

Whilst his comments on Assad are just weird, his comments on Putin might, from an academic point of view, be considered valid. Simply dismissing someone like Putin as insane does indeed limit ones ab… (View Post)