A-A-r-s-e and alligators springs to mind.
Interesting comment about whether one prepares for this war or the next.
A tribute to British industry that they did what they did in the 1940s. Remember though that we were producing obsolete aircraft like the Spitfire and Lincoln and probably the Wimpy and it took a further 10 years to develop the triumvirate fo V-bombers.
I agree with the tenor of the article. Politics is a career and, as such, is as divorced from the outside world as any other endeavour. Is the stock market with mega million bonuses part of the real world either?
Yes I am confused and drifting too, if I lift my head out of the swamp.