Surely the point about the Norman Conquest is that rather a large percentage of those north of the Humber failed to live through it? William made Netanyahu look like a pussycat, and that takes some d… (View Post)

Mugabe? (View Post)

The two, in fairness, were linked. The hyperinflation was ended by currency reform underpinned by the Dawes Plan, which extended lines of credit to the German government. Unfortunately, this also led… (View Post)

Are you suggesting it will continue until @kjh pegs out? (View Post)

He was both. The hyperinflation financially crippled his opponents and made his supporters (who were getting money/land from him) cling tighter to him. (View Post)