Presumably it is to do with domestic politics - there is a realistic prospect of Sinn Fein topping the polls and it seems clear having a pro-Palestinian stance goes down well with at least a signific… (View Post)

Ignore the Germans. It is what they would do if the situation was reversed. (View Post)

If you had looked at Irish independence in 1926 i.e. four years after the Free State left the UK, you would have said that independence had been a disaster - Civil War, economic trade war with its ma… (View Post)

True but a collapse is unlikely to be gradual and linear, more than it reaches a tipping point and then builds up its own momentum. It is coming to winter and Ukraine should / will be better equipped… (View Post)

Has Hamas played a blinder? I would argue not: 1 The hoped-for uprising amongst Middle East populations hasn't happened. So far, the Middle East and North African states are keeping a grip on their p… (View Post)