Here's the thing: there's lots of corruption in the world, from the small to the big. There are imperfect democracies and imperfect people. Ukraine has its fair share of corruption, and tha… (View Post)

You mean, it's the kind of place that is full of people who make assumptions about others? (View Post)

Indeed: and he's trying to frame it in a way that means that Trump goes "well that sounds like a reasonable request. ooohhh... cookies" (View Post)

Sure, but even under Thatcher nominal debt increased 2.5x between 1979 and 1990. As in, we owed almost 3x as many pounds at the end of her time as at the beginning. What matters is debt relative to t… (View Post)

Oh man, wait until you see the Reform manifesto for the next General Election. (View Post)