I see Israel is taking the opportunity to slip in a few atrocities in Lebanon. (View Post)

Yes there were some (modest) reasons to be (modestly) cheerful. Now maybe not so much. More evidence for what I firmly believe to be true - the UK's overall economic performance is largely depen… (View Post)

That’s pretty much it. The only bit I'd dispute is it's about the oil. As far as Donald Trump goes this overstates the thinking behind it. The objective of the attack is the attack itself. … (View Post)

I agree it isn't comparable. But it's not for someone who makes the even more risible comparison of the US attack on Iran to our WW2 battle against Hitler’s 3rd Reich to point this out. (View Post)

He's making a difficult thing (splitting from the US) seem a tad easier. (View Post)