During the French Jacquerie, of 1358-60, and the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, the rebels could not conceive of overthrowing the king, which placed them at a huge disadvantage, psychologically an… (View Post)

Rifkind is missing the point. We don’t help Ukraine because we believe in universal freedoms. We help Ukraine because it is in our self interest to help them. (View Post)

I think that it’s better to approach Russia/Ukraine from the viewpoint of enlightened self-interest, rather than moralising about it. Russia is an irredentist power that will seek further territorial… (View Post)

Whilst tripping over at the same time. (View Post)

Farage’s comments on Putin/Ukraine are disgraceful, similarly to Melanchon’s pro-Putinism, anti-Germanism, and anti-semitism. The problem is, their supporters don’t care, and the mainstream are too i… (View Post)