A couple of thoughts. 1. We already know Boris is not good in a crisis. I do not understand why Tory MPs are keeping him in place. 2. I think we are past the point where sanctions are going to resolv… (View Post)

That's broadly what I'm thinking. I consider it the most probable and least bad scenario, and it's still very bad. (View Post)

Fuel prices way up, and disruption to supplies. Food and other commodities sharply rising. Inflation going even higher. The economic blowback may be considerable. (View Post)

The Tories need to dump Boris before lunch. He was never fit for office, and right now someone as incompetent as he is is a danger to our country. Just about anyone in the Tory party would be better. (View Post)

I think you should read Catherine Belton's book Putin's People which deals extensively with Putin's background and that of his closest allies from the period of the end of the USSR to … (View Post)