I was reading up on the Gulf War to compare it to Putin's War in Ukraine. The difference is stark, and I wonder how capable the Russian air force is, because even if they didn't intend to s… (View Post)

Probably because the US intelligence community is telling the Ukraine military exactly where the Russians are. (View Post)

Whether or not there has been any advantage for Russia due to the relationship it does demonstrate the Boris has terrible judgement at times. Hopefully he won't be in the job for much longer. (View Post)

Good points. I'm sure some NPIs did work, lockdown really ought to because if you don't mix with people you can't spread the virus, but a lot of the minor NPIs really do look dubious, … (View Post)

That is almost exactly what I was expecting after the first wave passed. I'm fairly sure I commented as such on here at the time. I see that NPIs didn't make much difference. All that singi… (View Post)