"No thoughtful person can be pro-Palestinian without also being anti-Hamas." "If Netanyahu makes the colossal mistake of trying to reoccupy Gaza for the long term, then no thoughtful p… (View Post)

Blair-Brown and a Cabinet team of big hitters like Alan Johnson, Robin Cook and Donald Dewar. I fear we will not see their like again in my lifetime. (View Post)

Huge thanks to @Leon for recommending The Leopard (Netflix). Best TV series I have watched in a long time. (View Post)

Actually I have to disagree. Extremely interesting question. Not least for moral philosophers. Truman took a utilitarian view I guess, saving 100s thousands or more as TSE says in exchange for 10s th… (View Post)

To return to the US the issue over Texas is not so much the gerrymandering although this is a utterly blatant case but that it is being done mid-term and not at the ten year mark (when new census dat… (View Post)