Ireland and Canada also have various wonderful anomalies, e.g. this sign I once saw in Ireland: "Speed Limit 60 km/h next 3 miles". Also here, milk is sold in 454 Ml cartons, because we don… (View Post)

Then I'm afraid your memory is either defective, or, more likely, highly selective. - the Nazi-Soviet Pact and the reaction on the western Left, a large part of which devoted the next two years … (View Post)

I take it you mean a Britain-in-1940 attitude, not a Belgium-in-1940, Netherlands-in-1940, Denmark-in-1940, USA-in-1940, USSR-in-1940, Ireland-in-1940 or France-in-1940 attitude. (View Post)

... though I'm increasingly wondering if much of NATO will be an asset to them ... (View Post)

Let's hope it's an example to the Americans and (non-Baltic and non-Polish) Europeans. And that he gets similarly serious about the dire state our own armed forces are in. But yes, briefly,… (View Post)