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)

It just has me scratching my head. There is no pressing need to do this; a very generous offer has been made and rejected; why can the government not just shrug and walk away? There has to be *someth… (View Post)

In the world we currently inhabit, it's bringing a knife to a gunfight. Nor would I imagine any investor taking this dispute into account in their decisions. (View Post)

Could anyone imagine the USA or France or Israel acting similarly? (View Post)

I view the Sack of Constantinople as "It was worse than a crime, it was a blunder." A still-viable Eastern Empire would have kept the Turks out of the Balkans and Southern Russia. (View Post)