On NightWatch Well that's another mobilizer.

On al-Wasat A Few Notes on Shi’ism in Syria and the Emergence of a Pro-Asad Shi’i Militia, Liwa’ Abu’l Fadl al-’Abbas The defense of shrines against...

The subtly of the far right Gaelic mind, it may be connected with all that parasitic worm rich blu steak au frites and a couple of bottles of cote du...

How on earth do you maintain a 1st past the post system if the major party of the right is chopping itself into special interests Bantustans?

Well on the Daily Beast French Historian Commits Suicide The shame of it, out swivel-eyed by a Frog.

I'll give you that it shows Dave has a very poor sense of political priorities. But then so does the Nasty Party in choosing to slowly commit...

I can't get excited about gay marriage, it's obviously an issue close to the heart of the 21st century British elite. It's been an open secret for...

There weren't any splinters, he was just whittling.

Well that's about a third of them out of the closet.

Why paper?

That girl shoots high.

Dialect genesis, innit.

Have you ever considered a career in the Kent Police? You could go far with that grasp of categorical logic.

They're just overly sentimental about the Third Reich.

I recommend Churchill's Wizards: The British Genius for Deception 1914-1945. “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we...

They simply have not learned if you shout loudly and slowly at foreigners they'll get the gist, it's what built the empire.

Steady, you'll undermine the deterrent capability of our Action Men.

I can only assume their sample omitted N.Ireland. Belfast according to the head of the Equality Commission is the European capital of racism...

I'm beginning to suspect lots of work with a foot pump and a couple of peddalos is all that's needed to keep Trident credible. I hope there's no...

In Time How Syria’s Rebels Aren’t Winning the War: The Anatomy of a Battle Disunity and a cunning cohesive enemy with better kit and logistics....

To be fair to the bankers, it's only in retrospect that people started thinking that way. In Ireland for instance the general public mostly...

On Sober Look BOJ says party on - in the long run we are all dead Bloody hell! After more than a decade sitting on its hands the BoJ goes Banzai and...

I doubt he's stupid enough to want the thankless job of trying to hold the party together as it tears itself apart.

Just treat it like dog meat and you won't go far wrong. No, I've never worked for Findus R&D.

In the NYRB How the Case for Austerity Has Crumbled by Paul Krugman Worth reading in full. My Bold, this is a good point, even technocrats...

I hope you've not taken te details of your index linked pension of the dating sites.

In The Economist Syria’s chemical weapons: The other red line In practice there are few better terrorist weapons than a simple truck bomb but the...