That's exactly the point. Allied prosecutors were able to say that every soldier from Private to General knew they had a duty to disobey orders to shoot civilians. (View Post)

From a cynical political perspective, it might be better for a government to encourage more asylum seekers to disappear into the black economy. Most Reform types seem to get more annoyed at migrants … (View Post)

But that would be a lie and everyone would know it. No UK government (even a Reform one) is going to take 'all means necessary ' if that means torpedoing boat loads of migrants or fighting the French… (View Post)

It infuriates me how the likes of Truss abuse the word 'independent'. They have no interest in the independence of the media, all they want is a media that reflects their own bias. (View Post)

I always think of Hawkeye Bot from the Futurama episode 'War is the H Word'. He has a switch to change between 'irreverent' and 'maudlin'. (View Post)