Historians say History doesn't Repeat itself... But...

In 376 AD the Goths, under pressure from the Huns, turned up on the Northern banks of the Danube and asked the Romans permission to live in their Empire. The Romans agreed on two conditions: That they give up their weapons and their children. The Goths managed to keep many of their weapons in exchange for allowing the weapons inspectors to sleep with their wives and daughters. They defeated the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople on 9 August 378. They got their children back. Those children sacked Rome in August 410 AD.

Deception is the Better Part of Valour

"Is there any point in having armed forces?" asked "The Sun" 2 days ago. Deception plays a large part in war. And in politics. Bringing thousands of Afghans to live in the UK is presented (by the Home Secretary) as a success. But the whole point of having armed forces is to prevent the occupation of these islands by foreigners!..... A couple of years ago a Royal Navy recruitmnt ad. showed a warship picking up illegals in the Mediterranean. And Rear-Admiral Parry proudly boasted that the Royal Navy had rescued 18,000 people from the sea. That was his way of saying the Royal Navy has brought 18,000 illegals to live in Europe. Which is not contributing to Britain's defence.... This blog earlier asked the same question "Is there any point in having armed forces?" back on 1 July 2018.

Death in Paradise - in this case Plymouth - A Tragedy long in the Making

A young man of 22 in Plymouth shot and killed 5 people - his mother and 4 strangers - and then himself on 12 August. This tragedy is not the fault of the gunman. He is said to have been very unhappy because he didn't have a girlfriend. It is statistically impossible for all young men in the UK to have a girl firend. Because there are many more young men living here than there are young women. This is partly because of the many thousands of asylum seekers, almost all young men, who could have claimed asylum in France, Belgium, etc. but are allowed to live in the UK. Moreover, back in 1979 Mrs Thatcher promised in her election manifesto that she would end the concession whereby foreign men can use marriage to live in the UK. But she did not keep her promise. It was said earlier in the Press that she wouldn't be able to implement this policy because it would contravene the European Convention on Human Rights. So on 10 June 1977 I complained to the European Commission of Human Rights about this very issue. But the Commission refused to investigate my complaint. Some 10,000 foreign and Commonwealth men a year exploit this immigration loophole, so since 1979 probably more than 400,000 men are living in these islands through having found someone to marry..... (Plymouth is my home town - there are lots of Passmores there.)