Prime Minister Corbyn and other things that never happened, eds Duncan Brack & Iain Dale

[nwhyte]

Second paragraph of third chapter ("What if Lyndon Johnson had been shot down in 1942", by Robet Waller):The B-26 Marauder bomber in which he was flying, named the Heckling Hare, was attacked on the outward journey by Japanese Zero fighters. Its right engine generator was put out of action, and bullets tore through the fuselage. Jettisoning its

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[qatsi]

It always seems to me that the frothy-mouthed arguments about "losing control" by joining the Euro somewhat overlook the fact that the UK would have been one of the zone's largest and most influential members, like an experimental physicist neglecting the effect of the observer coupled to a quantum-mechanical system. I'm not disputing that there would have been ups and downs, but these would more likely have been caused by the UK rather than inflicted upon it by those damned foreigners.

[steepholm]

The title of the book seems something of a hostage to fortune...

[resonant]

I live in a city with a housing crisis, but the one in the UK seems self-inflicted through odd building codes. London could have far more housing units if building heights were allowed to increase.