As I understand it, the long serving President, one Ruman Radev, who had been Head of State since 2017, came to the conclusion the only one who could break the political deadlock was him and the only… (View Post)

That speaks to something more fundamental than simply the character (or lack of it) of a PrimeMInister. The more worrying answer is simply there was no plan because there is no plan. I called it &quo… (View Post)

There were plenty on here defending Boris Johnson until the very end and even after - there were even those who tried to defend Liz Truss. Go further back and even Theresa May had her supporters on h… (View Post)

Evening all :) The forthcoming Super El Nino may well push the politics of climate change (or rather the politics of climate change mitigation) back up the agenda - we'll see. 30 years or so ago… (View Post)

Morning all :) For all yesterday's optinmism, it seems Hormuz is still closed due to the American naval blockade. There were some on here who argued the naval blockade was the only real card (so… (View Post)