What I take complete exception to, as the grandson and nephew of British ww2 survivors, was your offensive remark about those who were left: ‘weaklings’ etc. A remark so ludicrous I am still unsure its meant to be serious.
The men of Britain who were left in 1945 were heroes, good men, who were and still are ten times the man you are. Or I for that matter. HOW DARE you make such insulting comments about any of the men who survived that war.
Far from being the dregs, these were the men who rebuilt a shattered Britain in the late 1940’s and made it a great country again. These were the men who built businesses, raised families, worked long hours and unlike today saw such as their duty and responsibility, and unlike today didnt whine about it.
Do you also think that the GI’s left after 1945 were similar?. Or the Canadians, Aussies, New Zealanders, Irish, South Africans?....
Your comment managed to simultaneously be ludicrous and offensive. Congratulations.
My point is that these veterans were outnumbered when they returned home. The first government after Churchill was the Clement Attlee Labourites, even more socialist than Obama. I doubt it was the war veterans who backed them.
Between two wars, Britain had the stuffing beaten out of it. It’s no surprise that only now are they starting to get back some of the chutzpah, with the help of Thatcher. But the typical yob of today is just a shadow of his grandfather and great grandfather.