We bought a lot of aircraft from them. 350 a month by the end of 1940. Mostly medium bombers and some fighters, all solid modern types like the Boston and the Wildcat. Even the ones they sold prewar … (View Post)

They had the industrial might and were producing a lot of materiel, it just wasn't the US buying it. Roosevelt was crafty and encouraged the development of the export arms industry to provide jobs an… (View Post)

I did wonder why CCHQ didn't go in harder on the whole obvious bond-crisis-in-the-making that was the REFUK manifesto. (View Post)

Off topic, I visited Mont St Michel today. It was absolutely stunning and much less busy than a certain gin-soaked scribbler experienced. It was also surprisingly reasonable to eat there. Not as chea… (View Post)

Because the 10% of pub bores in any country who bloviate on about "fings aint wot it used to be" quite like the idea that a racially pure strongman can turn up and put the "lefties, po… (View Post)