Teresa May’s pay-off of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, in return for support for the deeply dovided and non- functional Conservatives in parliament, is not popular anywhere, and there are claims that it is stirring up old anti- Irish prejudices. One thing I learned when I was doing consulting in Northern Ireland was …
Slowly, seemingly inexorably, the U.S. is becoming more like the former Soviet Union. Just to begin the list of similarities: too many resources are being devoted to the military and the national security state; too many over-decorated generals are being given too much authority in government; bleeding-ulcer wars continue unstanched in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere; …
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Sorry for yet another long post on British politics. This will be the last one for a while, I promise. Starting with this Sunday’s Best of the Week, I’m going to be less political for the time being. Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters love to differentiate themselves from the legacy of former British prime minister …
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As a continuation from last week’s post, I thought recommending fewer posts but analysing them in more detail would be a good idea. Today I have selected an interview with David French, a columnist for the American conservative National Review magazine, about Trump and the general state of the Republican Party. https://www.vox.com/2017/7/13/15958230/donald-trump-jr-russia-collusion-republican-party-david-french French is remarkably honest …
First of all, I must apologise for posting this late. I’ve had a very busy weekend, so tiring in fact that I fell asleep that 9pm Sunday evening, just as I was about to start writing this. I’ll post my usual commentary later today as well. I wanted to use this week’s Best of the …
