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)

Looks pretty open and shut in Le Pen's case, though. Huge undeclared party loans and donations apparently straight from Russia, even open public support and advocacy for his ridiculously staged … (View Post)

I suspect most of the 'left' was already pissed off when the left-right, public-private structure of Channel 4 first started to be unravelled and undermined in the 1990's. As discussed… (View Post)

Yes, anecdotally I've had a number of friends and relatives exclaiming at bill rises in the last fortnight or so, as I've also seen on these threads, too. (View Post)