Yet another blunder from Starmer this morning. He's decided to personally intervene in the employment dispute with doctors, and his idea is to threaten the withdrawal of "thousands of extra… (View Post)

Unfortunately, it's always possible to be worse. And bad leaders are often followed by worse ones. If Trump drops dead I would bet on his successor being worse; although I'm not sure that&#… (View Post)

Not sure if this is a real quote, but it does capture the Israeli mood; to put faith in the sword alone. The mistake is one well explained by Machiavelli (not himself a bleeding-heart pacifist): cons… (View Post)

There are really two dimensions here: Insider/outsider: outsiders want to replace the current insiders Revisionist/status quo: revisionists want to change how the system works, status quo wants to ke… (View Post)

There is one Rubicon which Trump and the republicans have not yet crossed:using violence to discipline their own side. The protesters were able to pressure ICE, despite it's greater fire power, … (View Post)