Empires are not all bad, and the end of empires is not all good. For a lot of people, an imperial overlord, however exploitative, who has no dog in the fight, other than collecting taxes and raising … (View Post)

They used their left hand to cut off their right. (View Post)

Once the Mauritians rejected what was on offer ( and which was agreed by the previous government), what downside was there to walking away from negotiations? Criticism from nations that are hostile t… (View Post)

It reminds me a lot of a contested will case I did, against an incredibly inept solicitor on the other side. Nothing he did made any sense, and it worried me, because I kept wondering if there was so… (View Post)

What hold does the government of Mauritius have over Starmer, that he is so desperate to do this deal? Lord Hermer is of course positively treacherous. (View Post)