I have a hypothesis that his response to the early freebies media stories are what did for him far more than WFA. A strict teacher in school is a good analogy. Our views of people who wield power ove… (View Post)

Your middle sentence says far more succinctly what I was trying to convey. Thanks. (View Post)

One ought, in my view, occasionally do things that can kill you if they go wrong. Thousands of people will have swum in pretty atrocious conditions on Christmas Day. Most will not have had any idea h… (View Post)

I think it is worth remembering that, in any more or less democratic transition towards a far right or far left agenda, by definition the far right or far left views will not seem extreme at the time… (View Post)

Very fair comeback. I think I meant that we present a more appealing target to Putin when divided from Europe, and also that our defence industry needs partners to be effective - long term partnershi… (View Post)