[BlackElk]

Buchanan is not Irish Catholic in the normal sense of that term. His Irish ancestry is via his father who was Scots-Irish and a Protestant originally. Buchanan's Catholicism came from his German Catholic mother.

I identify with my own Irish Catholic ancestry (although I am also partially English, German and Scots-Irish). I am not fond of the Brits because of their centuries long oppression of the Irish and since Henry VIII of Irish Catholics. That does not mean that I would have "loved seeing the swastika flying over Buckingham Palace."

George VI's wife was a particularly cherished heroine of freedom during the war. Churchill was an inspiration to the entire West. Chamberlain was a bum and rightly relegated to the ash heap of history. It is not as simple as you suggest.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Churchill was an inspiration to the entire West. Chamberlain was a bum and rightly relegated to the ash heap of history. It is not as simple as you suggest.” <<

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This may well spoil your day, but I have to agree with you. :o)

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