You have a president quite clearly willing to subvert democracy if it suits him, and a political class in his party willing to go along with it. A large chunk of the electorate is willing to give him… (View Post)

Thanks. To be honest, I always found it quite difficult to understand just how vulnerable the democratic institutions of Germany were to the appeal of fascism. Yes, the economic circumstances were ex… (View Post)

It's a good question, and very much similar to one to that I had to consider when studying the history of Weimar Republic at university some 40 years ago. The answer is that: 1. Given the right … (View Post)

TBH I'm not particularly concerned about a US-UK trade deal. We are doing very well as things stand trading with the US on WTO terms. (View Post)

Not all parks are packed. The two square kilometers of parkland at my golf club was no doubt absolutely deserted yesterday save for 5 greens staff maintaining the course in the lovely Autumn weather.… (View Post)