From what I've read, restoring the cap would save between £2 billion and £3.5 billion so it's a drop in the ocean as well as a cheap political slogan. Do the Conservatives have any answers … (View Post)

Cheap jibes aside, let's get serious on numbers. I've seen the UK is spending £83 billion on defence this year - defence ranks fifth behind Social Care/Welfare (£379 billion), Health (£277 … (View Post)

I hadn't seen the news Maduro has been captured. Analogous to the seizure of Noriega in 1989. Whether you think Maduro's election was fair or fraudulent (and there's certainly evidence… (View Post)

I was idly wondering if Maduro and his wife might end up as the Ceaucescus de nos jours but I suspect not. The Venezulean VP seems to be quite rightly seeking assurances Maduro and his wife haven… (View Post)

Depends what happens - if this is just a one off series of strikes, probably not but if it is a prelude to an actual invasion with ground troops moving into Caracas, there will be plenty of anger ove… (View Post)