After the IRA started targeting British forces and families in Germany in the early 80s, the MOD advised all British families to switch their numberplates from British to German to make it more diffi… (View Post)

This only works if part of the agreement is that Ukraine can join any Western (or other international) organisations it wishes to without Russian interference. Ukraine ending up as part of NATO as a … (View Post)

I much prefer offshore to onshore - not least because it can give me meaningful employment surveying for turbines and connectors. But I would dispute the idea that laying the cables is necessarily mu… (View Post)

Polish Independence Day. Freedom from German, Austro-Hungarian and, most importantly, Russian control. A fact not missed by a lot of my Polish friends. (View Post)

Indeed. Any sane system would ensure that all available teaching places are filled and that a plan is in place to expand places steadily in a manageable manner. Excess medical staff (which I think is… (View Post)