It might be comforting to think, but that's simply not true, I'm afraid. There's a political and media nexus linking the birth of the Trump and Johnson administrations like no other we… (View Post)

Exactly what I was expecting to happen in very short order. It's manna from heaven for Erdogan, Putin, the Chinese, and the whole gang. (View Post)

This whole day is pure Trump, at the last. Work up his supporters into a frenzy, but not too explicitly. Wait to create real fear and disruption, to demonstate his power. Attempt to pull back later o… (View Post)

That is astounding, if true. Remember when everyone thought the rumours of Trump's Pentagon maneouvres were all froth ? (View Post)

America is degenerating into a dreadful political polarisation that's been about three decades in the making. That's only possible with the absurd, buffoonish spectacle of figures like Cruz… (View Post)