Since 2007, Centrist leaders in democracies have not exactly covered themselves in glory, so voters will often switch to populists. If SKS's government were to become seriously unpopular, it pro… (View Post)

2017-2019 was dismal in the extreme. So much political effort squandered so pointlessly. (View Post)

"The world is full of thick-as-mince, malevolent incompetents like Elaine Cottam. The problems start when they are promoted into positions of power, as the Post Office appears to have done with … (View Post)

But, war does indeed. justify (some) acts that would otherwise be treated as criminal. That's been the case ever since people invented rules of war. (View Post)

One is always more sensitive to slights directed against people like oneself, that's just human nature. Sometimes, they really are slights, sometimes, it's just someone being a bit careless… (View Post)