MY FRIEND FRANCIS HAS HIS IDEA:  Nailing My Colours To The Mast.

I actually agree with him on France. I don’t know enough about England to say if he’s correct, but it “tastes” right. On the US? I think he’s hugely simplifying the matter.

THIS IS WHAT I THINK:  Spoiling For A Kicking.

But you know, we bet a beer when we next meet in a decade or so, so it probably won’t bankrupt either of us. Well, unless the left gets its way, and then we’ll already be bankrupt.