I think their line of argument is that they were liberating Eastern Poland and the Baltic States. (View Post)

These days, our leaders would wring their hands over the Japanese and send thousands to their deaths. (View Post)

I only found out recently that the Royal Navy took part in the Battle of Okinawa. In fact, by the end of the war, the British Pacific Fleet was immense. Over a million British, Empire and Commonwealt… (View Post)

A lot of these measures will raise peanuts, but piss people off. (View Post)

Getting rid of the double relief of £650,000 will simply cause well-advised married couples to leave up to £325,000 on a discretionary trust in their wills, on each death, which was the norm, prior t… (View Post)