Probably less than repurposing the buildings for British civilian use. Trouble is that Spain and Germany are ahead of the UK on the naughty list. Quick Prime Minister- say something really disobligin… (View Post)

Note that "darkly ironic" is not a synonym for "untrue". (View Post)

On a purely statistical basis, and with a harsh definition of 'stupid' as below average, that's pretty much inevitable. It's not an original insight to point out that democracy do… (View Post)

To be fair, why should they under the current circumstances? This is the point about International Law being a fiction, but a useful one. If you choose to exercise arbitrary power because you can, it… (View Post)

Old teacher wisdom: Clever and nasty causes a lot more trouble than stupid and nasty. (View Post)