Governments obey international law, and they ignore international law, as it suits them. The protection of our strategic interests is of vastly greater importance than a ruling of the International C… (View Post)

The injustice was done to the Chagossians, who were evicted from their homes, not to Mauritius. It’s not obvious that the Chagossians will benefit from this. And, China is getting a foot in the door,… (View Post)

By year end, this government will be behind the Conservatives in polling, maybe well behind. (View Post)

A premise of Enders Game was that good ideas would drive out the bad, via the internet. The reverse is true. There's an incredible amount of useful information, just a click away, but many peopl… (View Post)

One adaptation from book to film that I loved was Villeneuve's Dune. I take @Foxy 's point about films about history. Perhaps, too much accuracy drives away too many viewers. There's a… (View Post)