The problem is this isn’t Iraq, and the circumstances are such that a lot of countries are inexorably being drawn in whether they like it or not. At the moment we are taking a defensive position, but… (View Post)

Ed Davey’s Donald Trump Bingo in full swing (View Post)

I think we miss the age of strong political oratory in moments such as these. For too long now we’ve had in our leaders people who can’t inspire their way out of a paper bag (Boris did try his pounds… (View Post)

With any luck, it’s Farage coming out with stuff like this that will eventually prove his undoing. (View Post)

A significant strand of thinking on the American right has for decades argued for the reshaping of the ME by force. It is worth bearing that in mind when we see the current scenes - in Trump they hav… (View Post)