It's an article of faith that high levels of immigration turbo-charge economies, but the evidence for that claim is pretty thin. (View Post)

This party political broadcast was brought to you today by the Communist Party of China. (View Post)

Chamberlain knew that war was coming, but like Stalin in 1941, he thought it was further off than was the case. At least he ramped up defence spending. Baldwin, OTOH, was an idiot, who thought that w… (View Post)

I think that Farage’s popularity is majorly underrated among commentators here. Again, it’s a case of “I don’t like the populist right, therefore the populist right can’t win.” (View Post)

It's a pity that Canada, New Zealand, and Australia were not just federated with the UK. (View Post)