Got worse, or just stopped getting better? Stasis isn't brilliant- it means the only way to pay Paul is to rob Peter. And it's much less acceptable to borrow now if we're not going to … (View Post)

Suspect part of the problem has been boredom. You see hints of it in the "we need bad times to produce great men" thing. Which isn't even original; “In Italy for thirty years under the… (View Post)

Or Littlejohnthomas. I think I nicked that one from Chris Morris. (View Post)

Except, echoing the header, what does peace look like? Especially if it needs to not be a Ukrainian capitulation and also let Vlad survive in power. It's a very small overlap on the old Venn dia… (View Post)

Here's a quick primer; https://arthursnell.substack.com/p/there-is-no-minerals-deal Even if there are lots of useful minerals under Ukranian soil, there are plenty of sources that are a) better … (View Post)