It is reasonable to assume that, in general terms, the country with greatest resources will invariably win a protracted war. The American Civil War instantly springs to mind whereby Federal resources, in conjunction with an ability to deprive the Confederacy of theirs, ensured an eventual win.
In cases whereby the sides were pretty much even, although resources may have [...]
As the government continues in its attempt to push through their plans for Regional Assemblies, within England, they attempt to suggest that this is a return to some previous system of political representation. This is of course absurd, and demonstrates a distinct lack of historical nowledge.
By the time of the Roman invasion, Celtic Britain had [...]
Sometimes it is very easy to feel proud of one’s country. No more so, for us, than when it shown that we can still excel at a high level of industrial output. From the country that succeeded in controlling world trade and brought the world its’ first Industrial Revolution, two more significant entrepreneurial achievements have [...]
A follow up to my earlier post today. Mario Scaramella, the contact who provided the list naming the Russian killers behind the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, has now gone into hiding. An Italian political source, of Sky News, is reported to have said that “Mario is very scared at the moment”. Nothing like stating the [...]
Yesterday morning, it emerged that Scotland Yard had launched an enquiry into the attempted poisoning of a Russian defector who had just gained British citizenship. He is currently under armed guard at an unknown London hospital. Litvinenko is a former colonel of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB), and has become an outspoken critic of President [...]
