Sticking to the nineteenth-century rulebook, Britain was extremely wary of pooling resources with Continental forces. It would have required both greater trust of the Continent, and greater willingne… (View Post)

Well, my Parisian experiences were only two and three years ago, and I doubt things have changed that much since then. I'd be genuinely interested to know to know where outside metropolitan Brit… (View Post)

I think these things are still relative. A couple of times I've eaten a burger in a rush at Parisian train stations, Expectations of zero, but results of far better than their British equivalent… (View Post)

If Le Pen does pull off a shock win, it would probably also partially be a third triumph for Russian online activity, propaganda and manipulation of Western divisions, after Brexit and Trump. (View Post)

I don't think that disqualifies him from historically being a Putin stooge, or even still being so. Trumpism is also larger than Trump, and several of the Trumpite outriders, like Bannon or Marj… (View Post)