In retrospect the big warning sign should have been Putin refusing to give up power when his two terms as President ended in 2008. (View Post)

And on and on it went: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-mandelson-set-for-lucrative-job-at-russian-giant-f05dthgk5xg https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/george-osborne-wins-deal-with-firm-set-… (View Post)

From wiki: Then still an MP, Osborne was announced on 17 March 2017 as the next editor of the Evening Standard, a position which he assumed on 2 May.[135][136] Critics of his appointment questioned h… (View Post)

Am I the only PBer to have had nostalgia for 1993 yesterday ? Shane Warne and Merv Hughes, the Maastricht treaty and references to this new thing called the internet - some weird guys in California w… (View Post)

Sleaze can be expected but what, to me, is staggering is the stupidity involved. The political risk for the money being received would surely be deemed too high for anyone not addicted to unearned in… (View Post)