At the beginning of the War in Ukraine Brett Devereaux observed that the function of the Russian Army had been primarily for internal security and corruption and therefore ill equipped to actually fi… (View Post)

I think stories of nationhood that nations tell themselves matter. The UK is actually in a state of flux that I don't think it has been in during my lifetime in that the national identities of t… (View Post)

I agree, while respecting the right of the people of NI to choose. I genuinely think that the existence of NI makes it more difficult to tell a positive, inclusive, and cohesive story about the UK. W… (View Post)

Touché! It was actually my aspiration to join the PB Legal Eagles that did it and they are nothing but a force for good, or so I hear. (View Post)

Why thank you, but no one would have thought me a likely prospect going in. When I told my Personal Tutor, some time in 2nd Year that I was thinking along those lines he got a rather sceptical look o… (View Post)