As the nation remembered and honoured it's war dead today I couldn't help feeling that one or two guests at the Cenotaph kind of looked out of place. Royal family, fair enough; Prime Minister, fair do's; David Cameron? Not sure why he needs to be there anymore than anyone else, but ok leader of the opposition and all; Tony Blair?? Not entirely sure that was the most appropriate name on the guest list, what with his illegal war and the 100 or so dead British troops as a consequence. Perhaps his invite might have got lost in the mail strike out of respect for all those we're supposed to be remembering today who died in just causes. Finally, Ian fucking Paisley. Ian Paisley, a religious bigoted lunatic who took every opportunity possible to pour petrol on the flames of sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland and god only knows how many soldiers were killed over those decades. Was Jerry Adams there? I couldn't see.As the nation remembered and honoured it's war dead today I couldn't help feeling that one or two guests at the Cenotaph kind of looked out of place. Royal family, fair enough; Prime Minister, fair do's; David Cameron? Not sure why he needs to be there anymore than anyone else, but ok leader of the opposition and all; Tony Blair?? Not entirely sure that was the most appropriate name on the guest list, what with his illegal war and the 100 or so dead British troops as a consequence. Perhaps his invite might have got lost in the mail strike out of respect for all those we're supposed to be remembering today who died in just causes. Finally, Ian fucking Paisley. Ian Paisley, a religious bigoted lunatic who took every opportunity possible to pour petrol on the flames of sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland and god only knows how many soldiers were killed over those decades. Was Jerry Adams there? I couldn't see.
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