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Or it could be reasonably argued that the SNP believed in their own amendment and expected to be able to vote on it. I'm not sure it was just about embarrassing Labour originally, the SNP has been clear on its position for some time. Once it all went off though, then I'd agree that it became...

Anyone who watched the House of Commons in action tonight, would be utterly mystified. A critical debate on a vital foreign policy issue (calling for a ceasefire in Gaza) and all they really care about is scoring points off each other. Labour trying to dodge voting on the SNP amendment to...

Probably just worth restating that the loss of a single town after months of fighting and huge numbers of Russian casualties, is hardly the end for Ukraine. They haven't been routed, it seems they've fallen back to an established defensive line (see link below). Both sides are finding that...

I'm more than happy to apologise if I've descended into ad hominem attacks, we're all fans here after all, but please don't take my shoddy analogies away. 😁

And there, m'lud, rests the case for the defence. 😁

3D chess. If he bothered at all, it would be to support Starmer, because he thinks that the most destabilising mainstream force in British politics is the Tories (and he knows his support is a tombstone in the UK at least). Who he'd really like to see in power, of course, is Farage. Brexit...

I gave it another ten minutes at lunchtime. Worrying, I know. I think I'm getting it now. GB News obviously dislikes anything Labour, but it absolutely hates the Conservatives (too left-wing, obviously). It's bizarre. Adverts: Deals on cremation and a limited edition King Charles and the...

Thank you. So if we leave Ireland out of it, we're back to the question of supporting Ukraine against Russia. Your argument, I think, is that we should leave them to it, and I accept that you're probably coming at it from a humanitarian viewpoint on that rather than as a Putin sympathiser. My...

Condescending my arse. From someone who responded to another post with a laughing emoji? It's a straight question, try a straight answer. Are you saying that we shouldn't support Ukraine against Russia because of elements of our history?

I think you're missing my point entirely. They're not scare quotes, they're punctuation. And let's not get into personal stuff about understanding Labour or the left, I've supported the party for forty years, I think I've got at least some insight. Let's recap. You said there are no credible...

I'm just waiting for the saucepan to come off the simmer, so that I can fish my eyeballs out. 😁

Hypocrisy noted. Just to join the dots here, you're saying that because we as a nation behaved poorly towards Ireland (and not just them!), we've got no business supporting Ukraine against Russia. Or have I got that wrong and in fact they are entirely unrelated matters?

A laughing emoji is usually a good indication of the absence of an intelligent response, imho.

Oh, so you're happy with what Britain did to Ireland in the plantation then. It's because might made right. I see. That's why you're supporting Putin now. Got it.

On a slightly unrelated topic, I found myself switching over to GB News this morning. Call it morbid interest, or maybe an attempt to avoid the leftie woke echo chamber of government-funded or billionaire-owned news channels. 😁 Anyhow... some observations: The presenters are astonishingly...

Indeed, but in this specific case there's a good guy, Ukraine, not perfect, but at least a democracy. And a bad guy, Putin, with no respect for human rights or tolerance of dissent, even within his own country (cf., Navalny). Just because the US (and UK) government, who indisputably do bad...

The point is to defend the wishes of a sovereign democracy to protect its citizens and territory and stop them falling under the control of a brutal dictator. The envisaged outcome is to force Russia out of Ukraine, or make the holding of Ukranian territory so expensive in men and material that...

If he's just a grifter, why did he risk his, and his families lives to stay in Kyiv when the West offered him a way out? Easy to forget, but in the first few hours and days of the Russian invasion, it looked very likely that Kyiv would fall and Zelenskyy would be captured and/or killed...

Did you read that article? I'm just wondering because of course it's the far right in the US that are primarily spouting the "Ukraine's bent so we shouldn't support them." Interesting that you seem to be aligned with them on this. As before, unless you're saying that Russia are invading...

From John Curtice, the BBC's chosen expert... "However, these were by-elections where voters' discontent with the Conservatives was seemingly not matched in equal measure by its enthusiasm for Labour. In both Kingswood and Wellingborough, the increase in Labour's share of the vote was half the...