The author is more sympathetic to defence procurers and contractors than they deserve, IMHO, but he does make the good point that it is a particular problem for powers that are significant, but not s… (View Post)

https://1drv.ms/b/s!ApCloHjkv6JKt1N8CDdSQm06S7LC?e=vFjg68 This is my first article in an academic publication, on Mina the Elder, the Uncrowned King of Navarre. It can be downloaded in PDF format. (View Post)

It also had more income from the North Sea oil and gas than we did, and about a tenth of the population. (View Post)

Nobody here had a good word to say about the last government, in the two years or so prior to the election. Nor did they deserve a good word. People simply complain about bad governments (which this … (View Post)

The myth of the Noble Savage is both very stupid, and extremely persistent. Ethnic cleansing and chattel slavery don’t become nicer when practised by non- Europeans. (View Post)