tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post756744193339630276..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Today Mrs May has been Prime Minister for as long as Gordon Brown and is about to overtake the Duke of WellingtonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-59860102556784117302019-06-01T19:54:20.211+03:002019-06-01T19:54:20.211+03:00It would be funny except that she is no joke. I th...It would be funny except that she is no joke. I thank God that she had no achievements as they would all have been malign.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-46133415145698723782019-06-01T19:52:43.060+03:002019-06-01T19:52:43.060+03:00Churchill was in a very much worse spot than Chamb...Churchill was in a very much worse spot than Chamberlain and was rescued from it by Germany invading Russia and declaring war on Japan. The latter was completely unforeseeable and the former was surprising. Chamberlain until 1936 had been a remarkably successful Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was much more than what Lloyd George called him, 'a good Lord Mayor of Birmingham in a bad year'. Some blame Chamberlain for Munich, but the French would not have gone to war for the Czechs. Others blame him for giving guarantees to Poland and Romania in 1939 and then going to war. Halifax and Chamberlain had both hoped that Germany and Russia would end up fighting each other and wanted to be out of their way when they did but Halifax executed a volte face just before the Munich conference. Chamberlain saw Halifax and Churchill as political threats. Maurice Cowling thought the unfought election of 1939 or 1940 explains why we went to war.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-2593074578653276382019-06-01T08:40:00.690+03:002019-06-01T08:40:00.690+03:00Churchill was in the same "terrible spot"...Churchill was in the same "terrible spot" as Chamberlain but was somewhat more successful. The whole appeasement thing was a fiasco... what makes Chamberlain so "able"...?Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981097401375058671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-4823849114138991242019-06-01T08:32:17.169+03:002019-06-01T08:32:17.169+03:00Mays legacy - the current Private Eye cover:
http...Mays legacy - the current Private Eye cover:<br /><br />https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1497/current-issue<br /><br />Ha, ha, ha, - worth buying the rag for the cover alone this issue. <br /><br />David In Waleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442479878591522298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-17519022581487464582019-05-28T18:43:10.520+03:002019-05-28T18:43:10.520+03:00Anytime!Anytime!Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-69022598736647883612019-05-28T18:12:52.181+03:002019-05-28T18:12:52.181+03:00Thank you very much, Toma.Thank you very much, Toma.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-28293839047561442152019-05-28T15:44:41.308+03:002019-05-28T15:44:41.308+03:00'Will her predecessor last as long?'
You ...'Will her predecessor last as long?'<br /><br />You mean 'successor', obviously.Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.com