My reasons for supporting Ukraine are self-interested ones. I’d rather see the Russian army being mauled in Eastern Ukraine than fighting in Poland, Romania, and the Baltics. (View Post)

That’s very sensible. Personal votes matter - not so much in urban areas - but very much in rural districts. It’s why Lib Dem MP’s are so hard to shift. (View Post)

Some UK libertarians, too. Sean Gabb repeats every pro-Putin talking point. It ought to be libertarianism 101 that people are entitled to defend themselves, both individually and collectively. (View Post)

Times are tough for “mainstream” centre right parties. Their leaders yearn for the approval of their elite centre left counterparts. But they risk losing support to the populist right, who have only … (View Post)

It was still a narrow loss. But, the Democrats’ inability to win rural America really threatens their Senate chances. They’ve remained competitive in the Senate only thanks to the Republicans selecti… (View Post)