And, you could argue, striving for the utopia of global government historically has had limited success, to put it mildly. Thanks. (View Post)

I'd rather the British government tried to do diplomacy in the British interest. Out of interest, why? Don't get me wrong, I agree yours is not a right wing view but a very common one. But … (View Post)

Not sure about that one. My four year old has just woken up with 'concerns'. In this case, definitely not a synonym for 'legitimate concerns'. (View Post)

Very fair point, I shall (probably) stop using the phrase. Thanks. (View Post)

I've probably told this story before but I was briefly on secondment at the RSPB whilst the Severn barrage was being discussed. The chief executive at the time was dead against it because of the… (View Post)