De Gaulle’s basic fear was that with military victory in Algeria, (and the French did pretty much win at the military level), would come full French citizenship for Algerians, and then mass migration… (View Post)

Palestine and Israel flags sometimes get flown (depending on the Council). (View Post)

I'd say that people who take an interest in foreign affairs tend to have two questions, regardless of the niceties of international law. 1. Is it in the national interest? 2. Is it morally right? 1. … (View Post)

Reform imploding is more of a known unknown, than a black swan. We know there’s a non-trivial risk that it will happen, but we don’t know if it will, or when it will. If it happened, then the Conserv… (View Post)

@stodge WRT next year's London Borough elections: The starting point from 2022 is Lab. 42%, 1,156 seats, 21 councils, Con 26%, 404 seats, 5 councils + 1 Mayoralty, Lib Dem 14%, 180 seats, 3 councils,… (View Post)