Bailey is more responsible for the volatility in uk financial markets this year than anybody. Independence does not mean you can be shite at your job and spectacularly fail from your mandate and yet … (View Post)

Another day another 730 Russians reported as liquidated by the Ukrainians. Rule of thumb would be double that number wounded. How many days can pass with the Russians losing 2000 people on the battle… (View Post)

Had Rishi Sunak appointed someone else as Home Sec, what would the media have found to fill their pages with this week I wonder. (View Post)

Is it that relevant what the average Russian thinks? I’m unpersuaded that Russian civil society is capable of a truly ground up revolution at this point. I personally lean towards Putin staying in po… (View Post)

Leon banned? An election night coup in Brazil? Liz Truss to be next PM? What a lot of news. Now back to that Finland rumour. I’ve spent months dipping in and out of Google Translate to see if I can f… (View Post)