I would be overjoyed if the Iranian government were to be toppled and to be replaced by a liberal democracy of some kind. I think the Iranian people will be pretty happy about that too. However, I mu… (View Post)

Israel is not going to use tactical nukes. (View Post)

I know. And I showed her Trainspotting last night, so she knows what the locals are like. (View Post)

I'm not sure that's quite true: there were quite a lot of aviation industry startups in the UK in the First World War. (View Post)

Here's the thing: some of the worst miscarriages of justice have happened when everybody was absolutely certain of the guilt of the accused. (View Post)