This is bang on in my view. As you say, wind back to early 2020 and our current situation was inconceivable. In my view, what happens hangs on your 'secret strategic thinking' point. If he … (View Post)

FPT You have many great attributes @Pagan2 but ‘voice of the people’ is not, I hazard a guess, amongst them. (View Post)

Again, I'm just not sure that China does as you say (I fully agree Russia and Iran do). Perhaps that is a naive statement - happy to be shown evidence otherwise (I'm not ignoring the Uighur… (View Post)

Apologies, dipping in and out on a busy day. Fully agree with this, my China comment was a bit provocative. If I thought a realistic alternative was a properly armed Europe (possibly even the anathem… (View Post)

To be fair on that basis I ought to be a Tory too, but am far from it. The temptation with this conflict is to try and interpret in a 'light v dark, good v evil' way, but I don't think… (View Post)