Jonathan Boff

Glad you are enjoying it so far

This is how civil governance spirals into decline. the fish rots from the head: when the top politicians are so inept and offer little leadership, those the next level down in civil service and other public orgs think ‘Why bother?’, quit and are then replaced by weaker candidates….

The long run might not be very long in my case if o don’t move them…..

Mme Boff is terribly excited to have the collected works of JM Keynes filling a shelf in her living room

I wonder why they didn’t

Some might think that political correspondents might take the trouble to pick up a smattering of economics and some understanding of how HMT and the budget process.
‘It’s the economy, stupid’, after all….

I still find it incredible that anyone - much less a President of the USA _from_NYC_ -could possibly think that was a good idea

I read that when I couldn’t sleep last night in Paul D Miller’s Choosing Defeat but when I woke up I just couldn’t believe it.
(It’s there on p 423)

Is it true that Prez Trump thought it a good idea to invite the Taliban _to_Camp_ David _on_11_Sep_ 2019 to sign what became the Doha Agreement and had to be talked down from it?

Sorry, Julia.

D’ye know what?
I managed 67 minutes of this but it’s so slow it makes continental drift look racy and I think I’d rather go to bed and read my book

Not sure I have the shoulders and hips for Armani

Just started watching After the Hunt and so far struck by the realism of Julia Roberts as a College philosophy professor who wears Armani suits and keeps a full time housekeeper

Your point about the importance of protecting ius in bello because that’s what we (should) do and because we might need it some day is spot on

First missile was murder.
Second missile was murder.
The second was even more cruel and inhumane than the first but both were equally illegal.

Precisely my point

Calling it wartlme allows the Laws of War to apply which - among other things - allow soldiers to kill people in certain circumstances.
You can’t just call something a War and claim those legal protections because you feel like it.
Let’s just keep it clean and call it Murder.

I want to watch Landman v badly but I’m maxed out on subs (mostly due to buying Sky to watch Rugby and Cricket and being locked in for years when they don’t even have what I wanted - big error)

Drops of God.
New series comes out late Jan so get series 1 done first

Luxury

. It’s not a war crime because no one is at war.
It’s just murder.

Whether it is good business or bad business, it’s definitely bad politics. We need unity and we need to display that unity at every opportunity

FCOL

Less branch, more sprout, surely?

A strategy that’s been working quite well since 1788

Europe should give Ukraine the money right now, outright.
No ifs, no buts, no loans.
It’s the cheapest defence we will ever pay for; a loan will only store up trouble for decades; and it needs to be done with full democracy, making the case to voters to help them understand the threat we face.

Never fails.

Escape from Colditz: SS Takeover - the variant where the German player has unlimited Shoot to Kill cards. Soon descends into hair-pulling

Can also recommend Cluedo so long as Dad screws up the three hidden cards to make it unsolvable. Excellent scope for rows and bloodshed thereafter

Don’t worry. I know a Pres who is working on it.