Chamberlain knew that war was coming, but like Stalin in 1941, he thought it was further off than was the case. At least he ramped up defence spending. Baldwin, OTOH, was an idiot, who thought that w… (View Post)

I think that Farage’s popularity is majorly underrated among commentators here. Again, it’s a case of “I don’t like the populist right, therefore the populist right can’t win.” (View Post)

It's a pity that Canada, New Zealand, and Australia were not just federated with the UK. (View Post)

"It can't happen because I don't want it to happen." It's Trump all over again. We had oceans of ink being spilled about how Trump could not possibly win, and the polls were … (View Post)

It's a matter of complete indifference to me, whether the Conservatives or Reform end up on top. (View Post)