Evening all :) My suspicion is there are a great number in the states surrounding Israel who are probably not too unhappy with the latest sequence of events. Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis are all … (View Post)

The OVP and SPO combined are right on the cusp of a Parliamentary majority (92 in the Nationalrat). Current projection has them on 92 with the Freedom Party on 57, NEOS on 17 and the Greens on 17. Th… (View Post)

Afternoon all :) I'm a bluff old traditionalist so I shall buy Brady's book and read it - should be entertaining through the long (and if we are to believe some) dark autumn nights. @FF43 puts up an … (View Post)

What I find interesting is just as Clarke's subsequent successes as Chancellor failed to erase the public memory of the events of 16th September 1992 which, though paradoxically good for the economy … (View Post)

Even Labour's staunchest friends would admit it's not been a smooth start and as I've said and you've tacitly acknowledged, it's not the gifts themselves which are the problem but the way they contra… (View Post)