@beaglevision @SkarlKarl Only Churchill himself was exempted from the rationing system, from what I recall. He offered the same to the royal family but the king ultimately decided that the royal family would be on the same ration as everybody else.
@flying_rodent Unfortunately, they have chosen to have no war aims at all, since, that way, they can never actually lose. The obvious corollary is that they can't win, which isn't as bad as it looks, as it gives them carte blanche to pump money into the military-industrial complex forever.
@flying_rodent@Kirei1984 Just cognitive dissonance at work, with a little bit of "most people don't learn anything, even from experience".
What to do about it, that's the harder question to answer.
The Conservatives could have changed the law to protect the NHS from US trade deals, but they deliberately chose not to because they think weβre all fools.
Please RT if you know what is really going on.
https://t.co/qpHT9DA18m