Ukraine giving up the Donbas for “peace” makes as much sense as Czechoslovakia giving up the Sudetenland. Making concessions to bullies only emboldens them. (View Post)

Ju Juries can deliver perverse verdicts, and very plainly, a perverse verdict was delivered in this case. Like Jeremy Thorpe or Ken Dodd. That does not mean that jury trials must be abolished. (View Post)

The Chinese Tiger Mother is a soft, indulgent parent, compared to her West African counterpart. (View Post)

Baxtered, it produces Reform 394, Labour 83, Lib Dem 56, Con 43. (View Post)

Or indeed, if a Court were to rule like SCOTUS on Dred Scott, leaving civil war as the inevitable alternative. (View Post)