... You might want to read into this a bit. I studied the British Empire as part of my undergraduate degree (admittedly a wee while ago) and the industrial revolution was touched on both at A-level a… (View Post)

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)