One thing to note is that Russian assaults have fallen away markedly, this year. Russia cannot sustain losses of 1,500-2,000 per day, indefinitely. Russia ought not to be given concessions that it ca… (View Post)

More than a merger, I suspect you'll see a shake out of voters. In Red Wall seats, and Wales, I'd expect to see Conservatives go heavily for Reform, in order to defeat Labour, whereas in mo… (View Post)

It's also a fact that people are rarely given credit for changing their minds. Usually, they're criticised for not converting sooner, or assumed to have some ulterior motive for changing th… (View Post)

That’s true of BJO. But, I see nothing that is ethically good in Gandhi’s assertion that Jews should willingly submit to murder, at the hands of the Nazis. (View Post)

My own view is that pacifism, even when meant sincerely, is ethically bankrupt. It’s a cover for just looking the other way, when innocents suffer. (View Post)