There is a potentially serious issue here. If Letby is innocent (I don't know either way) then going after people who didn't stop her from murdering babies is going to be wrong. There are s… (View Post)

It cost thousands in the UK too, you just didn't see the bill, nor are you expected to pay beyond your normal contributions through tax. (View Post)

My Dad was born in 1939. He remembers seeing crashed bombers and I asked him about VE day. He has a vivid memory of going into Trowbridge and watching effigies of Hitler and Mussolini being burnt on … (View Post)

Agincourt on the English side every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Very low casualties and hardly any of note (pace Shakespeare). (View Post)

The thing that always terrifies me is that it didn't matter how good a soldier you were - you could be the best soldier in the history of soldiers and a random shell would rip you apart, or a ma… (View Post)