No further action on Mercedes. Apparently their email got sent by carrier pigeon and took ages to arrive at the scrutineers’ office!. (View Post)

Yes, it’s clear to everyone that the Russian proposal isn’t fit for anything except making the bin dirty, so make the point by showing them what a maximalist Ukranian proposal would look like. (View Post)

Isolationism works both ways. If the US wants to be isolationist, then that comes with consequences for European orders of US equipment. Rubio appears to be the one who gets it. (View Post)

Long read response from Cummings: I agree that he was undermined, and that governments need to bring more outsiders in occasionally. https://x.com/dominic2306/status/1991527964836499672 (View Post)

You’re out by a factor of 10, the deficit is only £1,700 per person per year. Still horrifically bad though. (View Post)