From where is the £60 billion additional defence spending to come? 5p on basic rate tax and 10p on higher rate tax? I’m sure everyone will support it as a way of keeping the country safe in an uncert… (View Post)

The key questions are how good are his advisers and will he listen to them? Trump is all show, short term political gestures and virtue signaling to his supporters. The longer term consequences of hi… (View Post)

The latest from Sydney is the three nurses involved are talking to the Police and expect to be fired despite a public apology. One is a recent citizen having been an Afghan refugee. (View Post)

The early discussions had taken place when western forces were still a long way from Germany and after the January 1945 offensive in the east, the Red Army was on the Oder much closer to Berlin than … (View Post)

Afternoon all from Hawke’s Bay :) The top story on last evening’s news was a Verian poll for One News which showed National’s lead over Labour cut from eight points to just one with National down thr… (View Post)