When it comes to Trump, there really is no floor of awful. There has to come a point, surely, when the US Military acts to remove a traitor as President. Thankfully, Russia has destroyed so much of i… (View Post)

I don't think that people will go back to Labour and Conservatives, in response to rising prices. FPT My back of the envelope calculation for the local elections is that Reform will gain around … (View Post)

I entirely agree. The ships are not moving, because Lloyds of London is charging about 3% of the value of the cargo as an insurance premium, and that makes it uneconomic. The ships could move if the … (View Post)

Quite a few wars that are won, result in occupation, and governments maintained by an army of occupation, as noted upthread. (View Post)

Sure. One was to be willing to tolerate casualties. That's a feature of warfare. That's a good reason to think long and hard about going to war (and thinking is not what this administration… (View Post)