But how could Versailles have been softer ? Allow Germany to keep Alsace-Lorraine or Polish inhabited territory in the east ? Both ridiculous and wrong. The reparations weren't paid and the mili… (View Post)

They're already on Israel's border - that's what enabled the attacks. (View Post)

Seizure of assets of directors of bankrupt energy firms might be a better safeguard. Limited liability for directors often means unlimited liability for taxpayers. (View Post)

An opposition to working class pay rises is pretty widespread among much of the middle class. Remember the anger two years ago about increasing pay rates for delivery drivers, supermarket workers, ag… (View Post)

I disagree with your "they've got nowhere to go to" suggestion - they would have the same places as millions of other current refugees from MENA go to. They might not want to go there … (View Post)