Arguing ad infinitum about Brexit is, essentially, a distraction. Post-Brexit trading arrangements are extremely unhelpful for some businesses, but in other respects it's a convenient excuse for… (View Post)

Essentially yes. I mean, there will obviously have to be sanctions, a mad scramble by the Americans to send Europe as many shiploads of LNG as possible, and a tragic accident will have to befall the … (View Post)

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they did want it to burn, actually. I can just imagine the fire brigade being directed to rescue Big Ben, and possibly Westminster Hall as well, and allowing th… (View Post)

Russia. Quelle surprise. #UPDATE Russian Olympic Committee says Kamila Valieva has right to compete in Beijing and her gold medal should stand, after she failed doping test. Valieva has "the rig… (View Post)

It's because London gets used as a shorthand for the political and media class that are centred in, and commonly viewed as fixated on, it - although in the latter case it's really about a p… (View Post)