Not only them. An elderly (now late) American relative of mine was once telling me about his experiences in US Army Intelligence in the Second World War. I asked him where he was posted. He answered:… (View Post)

It doesn't matter where they start - the election results last time are a lousy predictor compared to the opinion polls 3 months or less out. Those are the only decent predictors. Trying to gues… (View Post)

People were talking about Leslie Nielsen on here last night. My favourite lines of his aren't actually from Airplane!, but from Naked Gun (parodying Dirty Harry): Mayor: Mayor: Drebin, I don’t w… (View Post)

The City was heavily bombed and partly flattened during World War Two yet we didn't come close to surrendering. German cities were demolished almost entirely yet they still fought on. The way to… (View Post)

True, but only part of the truth. The other big difference is that between 1993 and 2008 more of Mrs Thatcher's free-market reforms were still in place, and the government hadn't yet fallen… (View Post)