It's not just the UK that has been getting ripped off. I dare say many national governments in the EU will be grinning about this as well. (View Post)

Putin and his cronies are a gang of crooks but bits of the Russian government do seem to do their job properly. In a country where criticising the leader or making him look bad is literally dangerous… (View Post)

I don't like Rubio's politics at all, but as a member of the Gang of Eight he's one of the few people who gets properly briefed about all the crazy stuff the US intelligence community … (View Post)

It will probably be far worse than the waves so far. As I've said a few times now those countries that got hit badly in the first wave, like us, might actually do better in the long term because… (View Post)

The one thing we have consistently got wrong is travel. We seem to be making the very same mistakes as last year. It goes beyond not learning lessons, it's almost as though the government wants … (View Post)