VE? Dont want to catch that!

The 60th VE day celebrations in Moscow last week is probably the last milestone in which a significant number of veterans will see. To remeber the time when the Allies deafeated the greatest evil the world has yet seen, Bush, Putin, Chirac and even Shroeder were all in the fron row, as they should have been. Allies were allies, and no matter how these countries drift apart, we will always remeber the time when we bound together to deafeat Hitler.

Britain was the last outpost of freedom in Europe during the war. Constantly bobmbed, we made a huge sacrifice, and who was there to represent the UK? That last bastion of freedom in Europe during the darkest days? The head of State, the Queen? No. The heir apparant, Prince Charles, even?The prime Minister, even? NO! not even the godamn foreign secretary. The fucking deputy PM, john prescott. Mr nothern pie 2005, was standing at the back row. So while a couple of dictators, (bush and Putin) were standing swaping storys of locking up dissedents, Blairs impotent lapdog stands at the back sampling the stroganoff.

I thik this is a totally appaling way to celebrate the return of freedom to europe. We all know, despite holywood, if britain had fallen to the nazis, then the world would be very, very different.
If we had lost the battle of brita9in, and remeber, that was down to only a few planes, and a few very brave men and women, then we would have definetley seen a Nazi britain. and what would have america done if that happened in 1941? FDR, who was not in the war then, would have stayed away from europe.
Even if pearl harbour had happened then, america would have just gone after japan. No way would america be able to take on the japanese, as well as a europe conquered by hitler.

It was down to us, the UK, to svae the world from the gerans 60 years ago.We all know that. and this is how we remeber it.
Where is the parades through london? where are the union jacks decking every corner? where was anything?

why was the most inportant event in modern history, totally forgotten in this country? its a total slap in the face to our WW2 veterans.

This is one of the things i hate about britain. we forget and consign to nothing the most importnat events in our history. I bet, well, for me anyway, if there was a parade, or a holiday every year celebrating the act of union, or the union of the crowns or SOMETHING, i would not be nationalist. it is the forgetting of this history that pisses me off. Last year was the 400th anniversary of the union of the crowns, and what happened? nothing. We dont remeber our history, or use our heritage for celebration.

Frankly, the same goes with Law. Magna Carta was a document to give the barons their rights against the tyrant King John. in the 18th century, lawyers used magna carta to create these fundamental rights for the common man, the foundation fo our democracy. earlier this year, Blair tried to pass contraversial legislation that totally ignored the 39th clause i think of magna carta, about protecting peoples rights and freedoms unless they were arreste and tried.But the government ignored this. The law lords ignored this!" just because it happened 800 years ago, doesnt mean it is not important! or relevant!we need a supreme court and a wriiten constitution for this country, so our sacred freedoms do not go to pot.!

Tjhat is, for all the rest of its faults, one of the great things about america. The written constitution, interpreted like gods own law. a supreme court justice would have no qualms, i would hope, in striking down a piece of government legislation which was unconstitutional. Wheras here a high court judge would not dare overule the parliament. we need a change of focus in britain. Parliament developed in opposition to the executive, which was the king. now the executive is the prime minister, which parliament is in support of! there are not enough checks and balances here, but at least our britishness keeps us from doing anything stupid.

the reason americans are so celebratory about their holidays, is that their ideals are drummed into them from kindergarten. maybe if ours were to, then we wouldnt have so much apathy, and so many young people saying, 'VE? isnt that an STD?'