I think attitudes to WWII are quite a good litmus test. The West-hating Right think the Soviets were worse than the Nazis. The West-hating Left think the USA and UK were indistinguishable from the Na… (View Post)

Our judiciary will bend over backwards to find reasons why claimants should be allowed to remain in this country. (View Post)

I started reading about it, after watching The Leopard. Strange as it may seem, the House of Bourbon were quite popular, among their subjects. (View Post)

Perpetual war suits Netanyahu as much as it does Putin. (View Post)

Pre-industrialisation, the rate of growth per capita was about 4% per century (subject to a unique event like the Black Death - output per head essentially doubled 1350-1400). Good times meant rates … (View Post)