Originally Posted by
Melchett01
So jet engines, World Wide Web ... I’m sure there are other areas where UK plc has basically shot itself in the foot. I wonder where we’d be if we took a slightly more hard headed line with these things
Gifting the Nene to the Soviets has to be the shining example, even if it happened longer ago - back then we had enough bullets to shoot not only our own feet but those of our allies as well!