In politics I think bulletproof is a relative, rather than absolute, term. Some politicians can survive one 'bullet', others can survive many. Some can survive a hit that would end another's career (… (View Post)

Ah, I had missed this! It suddenly struck me, with polls going the way they were, talk of a fakearendum had boxed the SNP in to an awkward corner. Still, if the base take it seriously, that could bri… (View Post)

Rhiannon Lucy Coslett, the author of the first article bemoaning the middle classness of owning books (despite her name being incredibly middle class), once wrote an article about the horrors of 'spi… (View Post)

From a read of the article, I would guess the age of the defendant, an early guilty plea and lack of previous convictions might have mitigated the sentence? Others will have more insight. (View Post)

I would articulate this differently but I think there's something in a few of these reasons. Essentially, our view of Russia from the edge of Western Europe and our historical interactions have influ… (View Post)