I see that Trump's threats to leave NATO have this morning been escalated to the "seriously considering" leaving stage. He doesn't seem to realise that that ship has long sailed. … (View Post)

Fine sentiments. But meanwhile the BBC is leading the 1pm news bulletins with the headline that King Charles' state visit in late April will go ahead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd8nke… (View Post)

Clearly some are at it. Here's my straw poll from today's 150 mile trip. Motorway services normally charge prices that are way off the scale compared to anywhere else. But what shocked me t… (View Post)

You're more likely to be right than wrong, but only because a leadership election called in May would not be decided until June or July depending on the timetable, and Starmer's political i… (View Post)

You're of course right that alone the UK doesn't have the capacity to ruin Israel economically. Alone we have the capacity to inflict not insignificant economic damage but not that much. Bu… (View Post)