TBF the small detail [edit] to remember* is that the Scons were Tories (for all that they were marketed as the Ruth D says No party). They had to do what she said. What were they going to do, cross t… (View Post)

Plenty of those around in the local naturalists' trusts, and the like, though. (View Post)

No, he was always a major figure in Bristol and the issue had been building up for years. It may have come as a surprise to you and many others, but not to anyone who knew Bristol. (View Post)

Quite so. Gallipoli, his attitude to Empire, his tendency to try and make serious mistakes in WW2 and having to be counteracted by Alanbrooke (that was an interesting discussion the other day), they&… (View Post)

But it hasn't. He - or rather his statue - has been put in the city museum with considerable display material. The name has been taken off the concert hall, as he's not considered a good ex… (View Post)