My view is that a Grand Coalition, Con, Lab, perhaps Lib Dems would be more likely. (View Post)

That perfect mix of triumphalism, self-pity, and resentment. Anger on the part of people who think they’re getting their arses kicked, when they are the ones who deserve to be kicking arses. (View Post)

There was the Spartan myth, and the Spartan reality. Sparta’s military record was actually no better than average, and from the time of Philip II, it was reduced to a minor power. (View Post)

And @Foxy Fascism has always appealed to bullies, and (more importantly), weak people who wish to share in the glory of the bully. The curious thing is that the sort of people fascists glorify, Confe… (View Post)

Mainwaring is pompous, but at heart, decent. Especially, when you see him apologise to Godfrey, after criticising his conscientious objection, in WWI. (View Post)