Any UK politician who calls themself Bobby J deserves to be ridiculed. (View Post)

I think they were the last areas to gain independence too. We were in Pondicherry about ten years ago. There is practically no remnant of Frenchness left, bar a few old buildings with iron balconies.… (View Post)

Labour has also been pretty inept in explaining (1) why they need to make expenditure savings, and (2) why they've chosen to do what they've done and how they've done it. You have to put the work in … (View Post)

They still have to make stuff and not end up fighting each other. China wasn't anything like the power it potentially could have been until the last 30 years or so, despite its population. (View Post)

Putin has been very careful to bolster his army so far with criminals, mercenaries and volunteers from the back end of beyond - none of which matter very much to him or indeed the Russian people in g… (View Post)