Politics: the tides of war
February 28, 2022 3:01 am Post a CommentThe Sunday Times had an interesting piece yesterday suggesting that Vladimir Putin may have lost his mind, his determination to... View Article
The Sunday Times had an interesting piece yesterday suggesting that Vladimir Putin may have lost his mind, his determination to... View Article
It strikes me that much of the media – and certainly the BBC – is treating the Russian invasion of... View Article
Quite understandably, and entirely predictably, it is extraordinarily difficult to get accurate and timely information on what is happening on... View Article
If there is one thing in which Putin has already succeeded, far beyond any expectations, it is in branding himself... View Article
Putin is making his move in Ukraine. The situation changes every few hours and could change again. We need more... View Article
Yesterday, after a day of constant alarums, which had the Kiev government declare a state of emergency, we seemed to... View Article
A number of papers use photographs of the Russian 2S19 Msta self-propelled howitzers, as illustrated above, the Mail on its... View Article
At last, after all the uncertainty and speculation, we seem to be coming to a turning point in the long-running... View Article
No doubt much to the chagrin of president Biden and his now bestest friend Johnson, Uncle Vlad has resolutely refused... View Article
Writing in the Guardian, Will Hutton says “This may come as a surprise, but I think the Tories’ levelling-up policy... View Article
A month ago, on 19 January, Kristen Welker of NBC News asked president Biden in the afternoon press conference in... View Article
There is a penalty for focussing on the exercises in Belarus, and the possibility of southwards thrusts to invest Kiev.... View Article
“Tensions in the east of Ukraine have risen dramatically after Russian-backed separatists launched an intense artillery barrage across the line... View Article
I spent much of the Article 50 era at odds with the majority of Brexiteers. I was no fan of... View Article
An interesting piece in the Guardian has it that the West is fighting an information war with the Russians, fending... View Article
You’ve no doubt read a plethora of articles about the HGV driver shortage. I’m not going to give you a... View Article