I have a semi-serious belief that a large chunk of the men posting news articles about this topic constantly are indulging in some kind of fetish

Didn’t it transpire (through declassified FBI docs a few years ago) that the Soviet Union were privately shitting themselves at first and believed it was part of an attempted far-right coup with the aim of nuking Moscow (whilst considering LBJ a suspect)

I’ll believe it when I see it (as someone who owns a car I still support ending the freeze)

I even think the UK could play a greater role in helping Ireland develop its own capabilities, providing the necessary training etc., though plainly being more explicit about our defence partnership could be politically tricky

Ultimately, everyone on both sides of the Irish Sea should be clear-eyed about the actual security risks Ireland faces in today’s world, and whether Ireland being in NATO would necessarily mitigate them rather than just fixing the low-hanging fruit first

Think I read somewhere that Ireland doesn’t even have radar for observing its undersea cables, which is plainly a more pressing security issue than missile defence for Dublin

And former Guido alumni

I think this is actually why some countries have finally started to get a bit braver in their criticism, as they’re too fed up with the US these days to fully care about the reaction

I swear he’s suggested this every month for the last twenty years

Yes taxation can play a role, but there are very real political constraints on what the government (especially a Labour one) can actually do here

Biggest ever mass distribution of Fell For It Again awards being prepared

One of those people who simply cannot photograph well at all