Afternoon all from Aotearoa :) Very warm here but the thunder clouds are gathering over the Ruahine Ranges so we may yet have a fun evening. I mentioned Austria a while back - could be a taste of thi… (View Post)

There’s a debate which we are simply not having. Do we think there is a need for increased defence spending? The Americans play their usual “we carried Europe for decades” argument but American defen… (View Post)

God knows I’m no friend of the Conservatives but this is absurd. The Party experienced in July 2024 its worst defeat under universal suffrage - the only saving grace was it finished second in terms o… (View Post)

Is this then the true global realignment? China and Europe on one side, Russia and America on the other - it would certainly be very different from anything we’ve lived through. Big questions for the… (View Post)

I apologise if you feel slighted, it wasn’t my intention. I’m forced to agree we can’t change the world as quick as the world seems to change. To be fair, in times of “war” or national crisis, Govern… (View Post)