British Politics Thread.

[CoffeeGrunt]

We'll see if it matters. To be honest, it probably won't.

[Al Shut]

I'm pretty sure America would be more than eager to throw down against Russia, and with all that thrown on the table, our measly assets don't really matter.

Depends on who will win in November

[Denzark]

It will only not matter if everyone - potential adversaries, current allies, and the British electorate - all ignore Corbyn. Here's hoping - its episodes like this that shows that what he merits.

[CoffeeGrunt]

Sadly, [URL="https://www.facebook.com/conservatives/videos/10154162238864279/?pnref=story"]the Conservatives have been downright propagandist[/URL] about the whole affair. Ominous music, sound bites, and SCARY RED TEXT? Yup, that's a reasonable, factual video.

[Denzark]

It is factual up until the last statement, which is opinion. Is it reasonable?If there were a metric of country safety and conservatives could score higher on it then it is reasonable I suppose. I don't think this is in response to this particular affair that started this little discussion - given that Daesh is not a nation state so their attacks are unlikely to result in NATO article 5 being invoked.

It is quite amusing as propaganda though.

[Wolfshade]

[Psychosplodge]

Imagine if Chamberlain had fronted up to Adolf, how many lives would have been saved?

Read "the war thhat came early" series by Harry Turtledove, interesting take on the Allies starting the war in '38.

[CoffeeGrunt]

Read "the war thhat came early" series by Harry Turtledove, interesting take on the Allies starting the war in '38.

Reading the synopsis, it seems to be, "everyone went evil except America," at least up 'til the third book.

Britain and France allying with Germany, Poland allying with Germany. It's interesting that the Battle of Midway goes against the US though, as that was pretty much the point where the Japanese lost it all.

An interesting take on alt-history though.

[Psychosplodge]

All his series basically have that as the core concept.
He's got several series that follow the same sort of format, but they always explore an interesting idea in history.
There's one that follows a confederate south victory all the way through to the end of WW2. That's a good read, I would have been interested to see that one continue to the cold war.
There's one with an alien invasion mid WW2, and extends to somepoint in the future.
One with an extra continent in the atlantic.
And at least a couple of others I've got.

[CoffeeGrunt]

Hmmm, sounds pretty interesting. Still not as good alt-universe as Wolfenstein. :P