I've never understand why Boris did that. It was reported at the time as "Boris has decided to use some of his political capital to save Owen Paterson" but: 1) Nobody cared about Owen … (View Post)

He has a point. Pretty much everything to do with US elections is a disgrace. (View Post)

And to enrich lawyers. (View Post)

Without, it seems, much oil to heist. And keeping a now compliant regime in power isn't tenable beyond the short term as the fundamental economic and political problems are still there. What hap… (View Post)

It’s a crisis that would have sent a shiver down Ernest Hemingway’s drinking arm. Cuba’s communist government is struggling to process enough sugar to make the rum for his beloved mojitos and daiquir… (View Post)