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I don't disagree with the facts, but with the conclusion drawn from them. If not the European nations, alike in linguistics, law, standard of living, religion, demographics, history, technological de… (View Post)

The weird thing here is that we ought have had enormous stockpiles of PPE, of the kind that would make panic buying unnecessary. The UK was rated as #1 in the world for pandemic preparedness precisel… (View Post)

But it's self-evidently daft. Our languages are European, amalgams of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norse and, via French, Latin. Our primary religions are either Protestant (in common with the rest of northe… (View Post)

I think it's worth considering that there are two quite different kinds of extension possible here. One would be a "kick the can down the road" extension to enable further negotiations. Thi… (View Post)

I think this is right. "International law" is better understood as "contracts between nations". Anyone who has run a business knows how this works. It's not "breaking the law… (View Post)