The USA practices austerity with knobs on. Federal and State expenditure is 36% of GDP, compared to 44% in the UK. Factor in a bigger share being spent on defence and healthcare, along with pork barr… (View Post)

A friend of mine canvassed Svetlana Stalin, when she lived in Cambridge. (View Post)

Even if they'd taken the city, they would still have been crushed, in Operation Uranus. As early as 31st August, the Quartermaster of the Sixth Army was noting signs of malnutrition, among the soldie… (View Post)

Another feature of fighting in the East in WWI, is that all sides hated the local Jews, and considered them collaborators with the enemy. (View Post)

Add, procurement, contract management, property management, and property development, where private businesses leech off the public sector, charging over the odds, for providing sub-standard services… (View Post)