Weardale is a beautiful backwater. So is Nidderdale. (View Post)

It’s not pushing propaganda to point out that Assad’s regime is one of the most murderous in the region, is now tottering, and its fall would be a blow to Russia. That does not mean its replacement w… (View Post)

There are no good options in the Middle East. I don't think Assad is the least bad. In Libya likewise, the Gadaffis were intending to massacre their enemies in the East of the country, which wou… (View Post)

An excellent article. The Process State is a system of outdoor relief for the upper middle classes. (View Post)

I don’t think Ottoman rule is analogous to a hypothetical German occupation of the UK. Greece was a part of the Ottoman state from the 15th to the 19th centuries, and was recognised as such by other … (View Post)