Our leaders need to be clear-headed, not soft-headed. When the world is full of wolves and lions, we should not pretend they are sheep. (View Post)

What I would like is for the UK’s political class to wake up to the fact that the world is a cold, hard, place; that no country of any significance gives a damn about human rights or international la… (View Post)

There are a small number of countries with which we have ties of friendship, but the sooner we relearn that most countries relationships with each other are entirely transactional, something our lead… (View Post)

China, Russia, India, Israel, the USA, France, all play according to big boys’ rules. They aren’t impressed by handwringing or apologies. They don’t agonise over the past. Our own leaders are simply … (View Post)

An optimist thinks no government could be worse than the last one. A pessimist knows that it can. (View Post)