Colonel Irrelevant

Another claim that goes back to Elizabeth I with her permission for sailors to loot other nation’s ships. This was a long time ago, surprisingly. And not something we condone or indulge in today. So when we do take issue with the CIA or the US Government hiring mercenaries to fight their wars, protect their [...]

Come on. She’s French, femals and small. Admitting she was a military genius would have been bad. Claiming she was a Witch kept all the men happy as they retained their military influence. Anyway, this was back in the day. When Americans were Englishmen and recognised talent. Talent plays little part in political decision making [...]

Leaving the Bible in ancient Aramaic is hardly the way to make a religious text accessible to the people. Greek and Latin are also foreign, so making a Bible modern and accessible is hardly surprising. What is also unsurprising is that the translation should be done by Scholars and not by The King. Naming it [...]

Too many flags and labels are too compicated for Stevie. So let’s make it easy. We have the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The flaf is the Union Flag, which includes the crosses of St.’s George, Andrew and Patrick. A design icon, if you will. We understand this, just as we understand [...]

Stevie, Stevie, Stevie When will you understand? The Queen isn’t better or worse than anyone else. She is different because she is Queen. But in no way better. The Monarchy is there for the people, we are their for the Monarch. The last one that stepped too far out of line and tried to impose [...]

Funnily enough we don’t. We are free to do and say what we like, but what we like is a lack of danger, a decent amount of order and an appropriate level of respect. Mr Grasse talks about Scotland Yard being unfair to the Irish is a fair call. Shame he misses the usual US [...]

Yep, all true. Wallace was hung, drawn and quartered by the English. He was a rebel after all, and that’s what happened back then! No Abu Grahib, no Camp Delta, just a trial of sorts then an execution. It was the usual treatment for enemies of the Crown or anyone else until the 1700′s or [...]

Apparently we love being taxed. This is something bad for all Americans. But actually, we put up with taxes because they are a reasonably efficient way of keeping things ticking over. Roads are repaired, schools operate, doctors are available and so on. Americans spend more time completing tax forms than is necessary on the off [...]

Apparently we are in trouble for adopting St George as our Patron Saint. Well, the English did. The Irish have Patrick, the Scots have Andrew and the Welsh have David but why make things complicated? Adopting a Saint from another country of birth is the next thing to have a pop at. St Andrew, Fisherman [...]

The Hymn ‘Jerusalem’ obviously irks Stevie G. Why isn’t clear, but he hasn’t done his homework again. 1) Blake wrote Jerusalem after a dream 2) the Glastonbury myth is related to Joseph of Arimathea and the child Jesus travelling to Glastonbury. It’s a myth. Like the WMD myth but more harmless? 3) It’s seldom sung [...]