Nick threatening us with a good time.

Agreed

This article is brave & important. I ask respectfully that you read it even if (especially if) your view of Gaza isn’t mine. I don’t ask you, on this occasion, to abandon your view on a ceasefire as I don’t wish to make it harder to absorb what this says. thefp.com/p/imam-father-…

She wants to stop the barristers rapping?

Good call here

Don't believe this.

This is wise.

You can only hold an interviewee's feet to the fire if he has something to lose. The adversarial interview is a format developed for democratic pols who worry about what voters think of them. But what's Putin risking here?

It's both. It arose in a strongly religious country among that section of the population most likely to have abandoned religion.

Does it and will it tho

JG Ballard would like a word

One of the most counterproductive habits of the left has always been the attempt to make life as unpleasant as possible for anyone trying to agree with them. Let someone move an inch left theyd recieve so much abuse they'd promptly bugger off again.

For this to make sense Britain would have to have gone to war to defend the nature of the Polish regime. Clearly that's not the case. The principle at stake was not invading your neighbours.

It's not possible to know how to feel about Napoleon.

I've heard this so many times. Clearly the extended quote doesn't make any difference. The popular understanding of what Gove was trying to convey is correct.

Not boasting. Well maybe a bit. But I've read it twice and loved it. Might read it again.

What point is being made here?

Mind you, progressives tend to make life very easy for conservatives with these terms. They're repeated so often because there's so much truth in them.

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