When Niall Ferguson is the sane and centrist one in a conversation, and the other is one of the most powerful men in the world, shit has got baaaad… (View Post)

That’s probably inadvisable unless wearing a hazmat suit. I’m genuinely baffled by @kamski today - normally an interesting and intelligent poster who seems to have got painted into an unnecessary cor… (View Post)

Just caught a very battered looking 156 as the 8.55 from Morpeth to Newcastle. Bloody hell, it makes more noise than Trump on being told he has a small dick. (View Post)

I can only admire your optimism. (View Post)

Answer: yes, but not unqualified ones, which is what Lavrov is claiming. And since, again, Russia is not the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact has been buried in an unmarked grave for 35 years the poi… (View Post)