I know it is probably an oversimplification but I have always like AJP Taylor's Railway Timetables theory for one of the causes of WW1. (View Post)

There has been at least one candidate who ran for President from a prison cell. Eugene V. Debs was the Socialist party's nominee in 1920 while he was imprisoned under the Sedition Act. He had be… (View Post)

The main cheerleader for Haig and the other British WW1 commanders for many years was John Terraine. But he was just as biased in favour of Haig as Clarke had been against him. Indeed he descibed Hai… (View Post)

The thing is we know that all the political parties are shit. We have known it for years. But we do expect our public services, particularly the police and other emergency services, to have a basic l… (View Post)

Collins was an incedibly brave man who knew that he was speaking the truth. (View Post)