Oh well. Ukraine is Ukraine, and Russia has and will continue to have no say in how that country conducts itself in international relations. (View Post)

Visit the astonishing Ashcroft collection of war medals, before the current exhibition closes next month. https://x.com/lordashcroft/status/1957430122916589988 Ashcroft has been a partisan figure whe… (View Post)

Map explaining why the Donbas plan can’t possibly work in practice. The Russians have been fighting this line for 12 years and have got precisely nowhere at a cost of half a million soldiers. https:/… (View Post)

Well if China’s much poorer population is 20x that of the UK, and China’s carbon footprint is 30x of the UK, that we are doing really well and them badly when it comes to carbon targets. Sending our … (View Post)

Passing between the towns of Irwin and Bucha on the train, with sad memories of when they were two of the most famous small towns in the world just over three years ago. (View Post)