That's the Massie book? I read it 30 years ago, and it is seared into my memory. With the said, I think you are being harsh to some of commenters. It is hard to think of anyone who has been more… (View Post)

It is - of course - worth remembering that British foreign policy for the last 500 years has been to avoid a European continental hegemon emerging. It led to us fighting in the War of the Spanish Suc… (View Post)

Phew. Is there any way of identifying these people, so I can avoid having to engage them in conversation? (View Post)

So... There's certainly a lot of truth to that. But there's also a deeply fucked up tax and benefits system in the UK that means that it can be very difficult to get people to take minimum … (View Post)

I'm in SF, and the waves are due to hit at 1230am (View Post)