Most teachers do not. Where such attitudes prevail, it is in certain university departments. 41% of the youngest age cohort being proud of their country does not seem terrible to me. Most of the rest… (View Post)

What is in a name? Rome had a Princeps, a Dominus, an Imperator, a Basileus, but never a Rex, after 510 bc. But, it was still a monarchy. (View Post)

Ukraine has international law on its side, which is nice to have. But, without the courage of its soldiers, and Western aid, it would not help much. (View Post)

Public international law, like war, is a means for States and non-State organisations, to exert power and influence. UN Special Rapporteurs claim to be acting in the name of legal principles, when in… (View Post)

I think that the Conservatives can’t really cope (and the same is true of many Western centre-right parties), with the upper middle classes moving left, while the lower classes move right. (View Post)