The West itself shooting down Russian aircraft, even unmanned, could take us further than the Cuban missile crisis in this situation, I would say. I'm sure that military planners know that, whic… (View Post)

It happens every time, and seems to have been poor politics. It sounds like Mandelson might be back again with some of the advice ; it got no coverage whatsoever in it outlets like the Mail, where it… (View Post)

I think there's genuine unease about a conflict on large parts of the centre-left, not just left, about a conflict. Starmer may think he's simply proving something to the centre and centre-… (View Post)

Tatyana and Katya - two of the world's most beautiful names, I think. (View Post)

Yes, and the Greek and Italian economies are about to collapse entirely, everyone's clamouring to leave, and the French and Germans have had enough of each other, etc etc, ad infinitum. (View Post)