I think, by this point, that when it comes to Trump, we can be reasonably certain that the answer to is it something else or is it 4D chess is always not 4D chess! (View Post)

Trump is not bureaucratic. He is the very opposite of bureaucratic: impulsive behaviour with no recourse to a rulebook or code of practice. (View Post)

Live panel on YouTube about whether the Commons needs to change to cope with multiparty politics, this afternoon: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/events/2026/jan/can-house-commons-ha… (View Post)

Normal people do not have significant investments ( https://www.money.co.uk/savings-accounts/savings-statistics ). The lower level of sterling means things cost more, and that applies to normal peopl… (View Post)

Denmark spends less than us on defence, but more relative to their GDP or population. (View Post)