It is a very good guiding principle in foreign affairs. And, it’s well removed from “The strong do as they will, the weak suffer what they must”, which Thucydides intended as a warning against imperi… (View Post)

Annexation by Right of Conquest certainly *was* a principle of International Law, and perhaps it ought still to be. If a State conquered territory, the principle imposed an obligation upon that State… (View Post)

Such was the degree of tactical voting in 2024, it would be unlikely to help Labour that much, in seats where Labour is threatened by Reform. The Lib Dem vote in such seats is already voting Labour. … (View Post)

A debate is meant to involve both parties coming to it, believing in what they say, representing the other person's POV correctly, and hoping to persuade the other of at least some of the merits… (View Post)

Is this a rock that the race-baiting Right might run aground on, as they go round in circles? I hate to think how many of our Prime Minister since Walpole this would render as "furreigners"… (View Post)