It's both. And I expect it'll be a November evening. October would mean cancelling the conferences (or the Tory one anyway), and that's the only reliably decent chance Sunak or his successor will hav… (View Post)

No. And frankly global diplomats serious about peace need to be more imaginative about their solutions. (View Post)

On topic, no, they're not a chimera. Only about 10% of 1992 Tories switched to Labour in 1997 and look how that worked out. The Labour vote increased by 2m from 1992-7, some of which was LD tactical … (View Post)

It's probably because none of it is news to PB, other than the micro-detail. (View Post)

Military strength = capability x willpower. I'm not convinced it does. (View Post)