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)

He's not directly responsible, but Putin and the oligarchs are collectively responsible. If Putin didn't favour them (protection for money) and they didn't support Putin (money for pro… (View Post)

I would laugh my head off if the NSA had broken some cryptocurreny and the whole damn lot disappeared in a puff of maths. (View Post)