Chris Burrows
@crispyb.bsky.social
Former British diplomat. Geostrategy. Pollitics. Environment. Culture.
Surely Liz Truss for the lifetime achievement award.
December 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Surely Liz Truss for the lifetime achievement award.
Imaginative. We banned it because it was interfering with tea time.
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Imaginative. We banned it because it was interfering with tea time.
Struggling to identify the planet Putin is living on.
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Struggling to identify the planet Putin is living on.
No point fact checking. Trump doesn’t deal in facts.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
No point fact checking. Trump doesn’t deal in facts.
Not necessarily. Trump just has to ‘own’ it.
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Not necessarily. Trump just has to ‘own’ it.
The US administration still foolishly believing that Russia is the other adult in the room. It is anything but.
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The US administration still foolishly believing that Russia is the other adult in the room. It is anything but.
Fed’s Waller should stick to jazz piano in my view.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fed’s Waller should stick to jazz piano in my view.
Classic gangster litigation threat straight from the oligarch's playbook. Abuse the legal system to intimidate your opponents. A case would be guaranteed to mire the BBC in years of litigation at the end of which they would win but Trump would not pay.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Classic gangster litigation threat straight from the oligarch's playbook. Abuse the legal system to intimidate your opponents. A case would be guaranteed to mire the BBC in years of litigation at the end of which they would win but Trump would not pay.
The Trump administration is in a downward spirali.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Trump administration is in a downward spirali.
Yes. Can I also make another thing clear? I am not a fucking hobbit.
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes. Can I also make another thing clear? I am not a fucking hobbit.
Bob Wilson is 84? Blimey.
October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Bob Wilson is 84? Blimey.
Simplistic argumentation. It took Russia less than two months to organise a Mickey Mouse referendum followed by constitutional change. It would take less than two months to reverse it.
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Simplistic argumentation. It took Russia less than two months to organise a Mickey Mouse referendum followed by constitutional change. It would take less than two months to reverse it.
Even by Russian standards of cretinous stupidity, the strategy of attempting to lay waste to the very areas you seek to subjugate and indiscriminately killing civilians, many Russian speaking Ukrainians, is beyond comprehension. Russia is one big war crime.
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Even by Russian standards of cretinous stupidity, the strategy of attempting to lay waste to the very areas you seek to subjugate and indiscriminately killing civilians, many Russian speaking Ukrainians, is beyond comprehension. Russia is one big war crime.
You do wonder whether Trump will become a laughing stock before he becomes a dictator.
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You do wonder whether Trump will become a laughing stock before he becomes a dictator.
Putin winning at life again….
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Putin winning at life again….
Certainly spawned a lot of comments.
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Certainly spawned a lot of comments.
What a complete waste of time. Putin’s war aims have not changed. And they won’t after this circus.
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What a complete waste of time. Putin’s war aims have not changed. And they won’t after this circus.
What a repulsive and disgusting aberration of justice.
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
What a repulsive and disgusting aberration of justice.
He means big fat dictators of course….
September 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
He means big fat dictators of course….
Just wait until Caplan gets going on US foreign policy.
September 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Just wait until Caplan gets going on US foreign policy.
That’s one and a half jobs per plane. Those Boeing workers have got their work cut out.
September 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
That’s one and a half jobs per plane. Those Boeing workers have got their work cut out.
This was an exercise partly aimed at gauging the loyalty of the Belarus armed forces in the event of wider conflict. I doubt that Moscow takes that for granted.
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This was an exercise partly aimed at gauging the loyalty of the Belarus armed forces in the event of wider conflict. I doubt that Moscow takes that for granted.
Fascist dictatorships all seem to follow the same pattern. Follow the leader to the bitter end. Even in the bunker and facing total annihilation, Hitler commanded the loyalty of the German High Command. Russia seems determined to back Putin despite the epic failure of his three day war in Ukraine.
September 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Fascist dictatorships all seem to follow the same pattern. Follow the leader to the bitter end. Even in the bunker and facing total annihilation, Hitler commanded the loyalty of the German High Command. Russia seems determined to back Putin despite the epic failure of his three day war in Ukraine.
Merci France. Une raison pour laquelle il n'y a pratiquement pas de tourterelles en Angleterre maintenant
August 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Merci France. Une raison pour laquelle il n'y a pratiquement pas de tourterelles en Angleterre maintenant