It’s a real problem to have a military campaign led by people who think winning wars is all about being hard men, and that using your brain is a form of mutiny. (View Post)

Soldiers’ grievances drive pretty much, almost every successful revolution. Any authoritarian regime which can’t pay its soldiers is in a lot of trouble. That’s when people start wondering whether it… (View Post)

We are constantly told that it is not good enough to comply with the regulations. You must record and document your compliance, and establish a paper trail which can be audited. It’s debatable whethe… (View Post)

And, quite possibly, he killed the Conservative Party. Liverpool’s council elections, where the Conservatives went from 48% in 1970, to 1.4% in 2023, from 6,000 votes in Aigburth in 1979, to 8 on Thu… (View Post)

The optimates are effective at getting their people into key positions. Hence the complete callous indifference which State institutions display towards the public. (View Post)