Over at the Mail on Sunday, Mr. Peter Jonathan Hitchens writes:
Election after Election, those who merely wanted to live their lives much as they had always lived them, and were baffled and pained by the unending changes imposed on them, had nowhere to turn.
The parties they thought of as their own were in fact in an alliance against them. Blair became Cameron and Cameron became Blair, and after a while it was impossible to tell which was which.
A century and two years ago today, the assasination in Sarajevo took place.
110 years ago today, King Haakon VII and Queen Maud were crowned in Trondhjem.
A dozen score years ago today, the Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
240 years ago today, the Battle of Trois-Rivières ended in decisive victory for the King's men.
70 years ago today, the people of Italy revolted against their King, and the “Republic of Italy” today marks the Festa della Repubblica.
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