The pressure on Haig to do something to relieve both Verdun in 1916 and the mutinies in 1917 was certainly there. I also think the mutinies can be overplayed - most of the French troops would have he… (View Post)

The French, yes. The British and Empire armies, no. (View Post)

Problem for reform is that the next election is four years away. Just as Thatcher had turned the corner by 1982 and had the patriotic boost of slaughtering some Argentine conscripts, who knows what w… (View Post)

Yes, Hamas. The ones still holding on to hostages, or the bodies of hostages, and the ones routinely stealing aid lorries. That Hamas. (View Post)

Ah the saddest thing on PB, when you’ve made an awesome pun and no one gives it a like. It’s August and 7.30 am - no one’s up. (View Post)