People will talk! (View Post)

I think it's more other people that I hate rather than buses. Other people on the transfer bus after a long flight - especially those people. (View Post)

Yes, and @Malmesbury makes points along those line too. The Germans clearly thought it impossible as well. The difference between invasion and not an invasion wasn't so great though, and at the time … (View Post)

Suppose you string out the RN in a big long line and imagine that each ship can defend say 20 miles of coast - we're still well short. The RAF has some crazily small number of combat aircraft. Look, … (View Post)

Whilst there's no great threat to the UK, I'm pretty sure that Putin could invade us after Guy Fawkes night, and seize London. The Russian navy is no great shakes, but ours is almost an absence in fo… (View Post)