Yeltsin was a classic chancer-politician who liked power and liked to be popular. He had no fixed ideology and brought down the USSR from within solely so that he could run Russia as a state for hims… (View Post)

No, actions have consequences. Russia might be an authoritarian regime but as best as we can tell, the majority support both the actions and the methods employed. A reckoning is necessary. The People… (View Post)

It's very hard to square Christ's message of love and openness to ostracised and excluded groups with a claim that he was (or would have been) opposed to same-sex marriages (and, implicitly, relation… (View Post)

Hmm. Questions about 'text book'. The aircraft landed a long way down the runway and at considerable speed. Quite why the landing gear wasn't down is a huge open question, as its inoperability wouldn… (View Post)

To be fair, the govt is denying they agreed to that figure - though they won't say what they did agree, which should be published now. Mauritius should be told to do one, including scrapping the prev… (View Post)