Yes, I think we have to put Hitler himself to one side as what he turned out to be is a distraction. The issue is the man as he appeared in 1932/33 to the German conservatives, to illustrate the pote… (View Post)

You have a president quite clearly willing to subvert democracy if it suits him, and a political class in his party willing to go along with it. A large chunk of the electorate is willing to give him… (View Post)

Thanks. To be honest, I always found it quite difficult to understand just how vulnerable the democratic institutions of Germany were to the appeal of fascism. Yes, the economic circumstances were ex… (View Post)

It's a good question, and very much similar to one to that I had to consider when studying the history of Weimar Republic at university some 40 years ago. The answer is that: 1. Given the right leade… (View Post)

TBH I'm not particularly concerned about a US-UK trade deal. We are doing very well as things stand trading with the US on WTO terms. (View Post)