I don’t think that Palestinian suffering would end, even if Hamas surrendered. Netanyahu needs a conflict, to deflect from his own incompetence and corruption. He’s now funding groups affiliated with… (View Post)

She sprang it on them, in the middle of an election campaign. Things might well have been different, had she addressed the issue in Autumn 2016, and made the case for it. (View Post)

Western powers largely lost interest in China, after 1918. Sadly, Japan didn’t. (View Post)

Netanyahu is one of the few politicians who does not possess a single redeeming feature. He is actively malevolent. (View Post)

There’s a lot of wishful thinking about Reform; that once Rupert Lowe brings his libel action, he’ll show them up; or that people will be upset by the Chairman’s resignation; or their performance on … (View Post)