I'm not sure all Conservatives wanted war but our treaty obligation to Belgium made war inevitable in 1914 as it would have done in 1870 had the Prussians attacked the French the same way. By 1914, t… (View Post)

Evening all :) To be slightly controversial, I'm not entirely convinced the country is on the "wrong track". I think we are treading water to an extent but the sense of doom and disaster is… (View Post)

If only we could have had a Conservative dictatorship since 1906 we'd all be infinitely happier, wealthier and wiser, perhaps? Seriously.... (View Post)

Strange, we talk about how we've achieved "peace" in Europe since 1945. And yet - we've had the Hungarian Uprising and the Yugoslav Civil war. The latter showed Europe hadn't overgrown the … (View Post)

I've referenced this before but I remember going out canvassing in early 1982 for the Liberals in my staunchly Tory (it was then) part of London. We had a short street (about 50 houses) which was our… (View Post)