No we didn't, that's a fundamental misreading of the facts. We grew rich because we had an industrial revolution. If it was off the backs of anyone's poor it was the UK's poor. Of… (View Post)

I think it's too bitter and the texture is affected at that level. I am sure you could get used to it, but I don't like it. (View Post)

We haven't done well in the last century. Personally I don't think spheres of influence ever went away. It's just that the US stepped well beyond its traditional sphere of influence be… (View Post)

I agree on all points. (View Post)

So desperate to band together with someone, anyone. It is a national disease. We should ban the entering of all international commitments for a period of at least a decade whilst we conduct a search … (View Post)