Trump gets Chamberlain wrong |
Like US wartime presidents before him, Donald Trump made a priority of, and has succeeded, in attaining air superiority over Iran. Unfortunately, he has failed to acquire even the slightest control over his own mouth. He has now sprayed just about all of his natural allies with friendly fire. His latest jibe yesterday was to compare Keir Starmer to Neville Chamberlain.
This is why shoplifting is rife in Britain
Rory Stewart isn’t taking Islam seriously
The Green party’s transport plan is pure madness
That is grossly unfair – to Chamberlain. Unlike the current prime minister, the one who led Britain between 1937 and 1940 could at least make a decision, and held mass support among the public for most of his time in office. True, his behaviour in and after Munich looks naive in hindsight, but at the time the Great War was just 21 years in the past. It was an all-too-fresh memory for millions of Britons who had lost sons in the trenches.........