Indeed. Only 3 options, as far as I can see: 1. He's not thought it through. 2. He doesn't believe the evidence in front of him. 3. He is not interested in Britain's security interests, as most of us… (View Post)

Leave aside the abstracts and the politics; the central point is right: if Trump wins, Nato becomes functionally defunct. That's something that Europe, including the UK, needs to be ready for on 20 J… (View Post)

It's about the same thing given that the Tories had a UK-wide lead of 11.5% in 2019 (or 11.7% in GB). (View Post)

How would the Supreme Court vote if mobs took the families of the justices hostage? Or if equal force was threatened, less overtly? Any country can be made into a dictatorship with the consent of a r… (View Post)

See Schedule F re the bureaucracy. If he needs to fire them all this time, he can and will. He's learned that lesson. He doesn't need the military on-side; he'd need them neutral, which is easy enoug… (View Post)