A strongman who can’t keep control is, by definition, not a strongman. It was to nobody’s advantage for Assad to remain in place. (View Post)

The thing is, you don’t want the Conservatives to appeal to anybody other than home-owning pensioners. So, they won’t. (View Post)

It’s hard to overstate just how awful was the condition of most of Europe in Summer 1945. Probably worse than Syria, now. (View Post)

A lesson that many of the super-rich seem incapable of learning. The British upper classes of the 19th century were not nice people, but they had the sense to appreciate that things must change, if y… (View Post)

Assad’s regime was a savage one, prior to 2011, and as @RichardTyndall pointed out, responded to peaceful protest with extreme brutality. (View Post)