That's right. There isn't some calculated 'mad man' foreign policy strategy. There isn't any strategy in the normal sense of the word because you need to think beyond the nex… (View Post)

Well to avoid inflation shocks it'd help enormously if vanity old men tyrants like Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump would refrain from starting wars. But there's little point Labour or any o… (View Post)

The 'hey just kidding not kidding' technique. Tedious and toxic. That pretentious 'take him seriously not literally' shit when Trump emerged was an example of it. Turned out the o… (View Post)

I think he should be punished by appointing him to the role. (View Post)

Sure. But generally speaking with personalised characteristics such as clever/thick, brave/cowardly, warm/cold, diligent/lazy, etc, the variation within a nation's population is much much greate… (View Post)