I was thinking more of George Cottrell as the youthful 'admirer'. 'Mishima then committed seppuku, a form of ritual suicide by disembowelment associated with the samurai. Morita had be… (View Post)

No(t very much) change. YouGov @YouGov · 4m Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention, 5-6 July 2026 Reform UK: 25% (+1 from 28-29 Jun) Conservatives: 21% (+1) Labour: 20% (=) Greens: 13% (=) Lib De… (View Post)

Airlifts only tend to work when your cargo planes aren’t being shot at (eg Stalingrad v Berlin). I imagine that though Ukraine might not contest a retreat from Crimea, air transports to sustain occup… (View Post)

As someone on twitter pointed out, Trump’s America cheating and still losing (convincingly) is a great metaphor for the current state it’s in. Trump doesn’t really care of course, for him the win is … (View Post)

Quite funny. The US trying to park the bus but they don't really have a functioning public transport system https://x.com/economissive/status/2074287412675788903?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q (View Post)