[Stoat]

No hope that we could help arm the Jews in England. No one is allowed to have weapons, except for the Muslims in their ghettos, where the police no longer go.

Particularly when there is such breathtaking ignorance as to what constitutes being 'effectively' armed to the point of your arms being useful in the cause of self-protection....there is even the notion, brought forth by some, that being allowed, under severe scrutiny, to own a long gun is being adequately 'armed' in Great Britain.   When Britons can go to a public gun show, plop down a wad of cash and bring home a Desert Eagle and ten thousand rounds of ammunition I will begin to stop worrying about their ability to exercise what we "backward Yanks" consider to be ordinary freedoms.

I have cousins in England, and have always loved the country. But I think something went bad there some time ago. Winston Churchill was a great leader, but there was something wrong even back then, which is suggested by the rapidity with which they threw him out of office as soon as the war ended.

The contemptible treatment of Sir Winston in modern times suggests that there is no great rush to change direction, either:

Churchill dropped from England's history syllabus ( pandering to a P.C. agenda)

Great Britain Fury at Churchill statue (Former PM and beloved hero is in a straightjacket)

I’m afraid that Evelyn Waugh gets it right in his “Sword of Honour Trilogy.” Things were already starting to go bad.

It appears to be quite an impressive work...I will have to look into it.  Thanks very much for the recommendation.

Amazon.com The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Everyman's Library) Evelyn Waugh Books

No hope that we could help arm the Jews in England. No one is allowed to have weapons, except for the Muslims in their ghettos, where the police no longer go.

Particularly when there is such breathtaking ignorance as to what constitutes being 'effectively' armed to the point of your arms being useful in the cause of self-protection....there is even the notion, brought forth by some, that being allowed, under severe scrutiny, to own a long gun is being adequately 'armed' in Great Britain.   When Britons can go to a public gun show, plop down a wad of cash and bring home a Desert Eagle and ten thousand rounds of ammunition I will begin to stop worrying about their ability to exercise what we "backward Yanks" consider to be ordinary freedoms.

I have cousins in England, and have always loved the country. But I think something went bad there some time ago. Winston Churchill was a great leader, but there was something wrong even back then, which is suggested by the rapidity with which they threw him out of office as soon as the war ended.

The contemptible treatment of Sir Winston in modern times suggests that there is no great rush to change direction, either:

Churchill dropped from England's history syllabus ( pandering to a P.C. agenda)

Great Britain Fury at Churchill statue (Former PM and beloved hero is in a straightjacket)

I’m afraid that Evelyn Waugh gets it right in his “Sword of Honour Trilogy.” Things were already starting to go bad.

[Cicero]

Yes. I have read all of Waugh’s other novels, some of them many times, and I especially love Brideshead Revisited and, among the satirical novels, A Handful of Dust.

I came to the Sword of Honour trilogy late, because the critics don’t often mention it, but I think it’s really an extraordinary work. I suspect they don’t like Waugh’s politics.

[Cicero]

P.S. I would buy the separate editions of the three novels, if you can get them. The Little, Brown editions rather than Everyman. I notice that one of the reviewers at Amazon agrees with me on that.