Bad idea… Certainly a lot of my fellow countrymen have descended into evil ways, deranged thoughts, and messed up politics, but I reckon even most of them’d rally against such an idea! You’d meet up with a true Confederate Air Force, as well as numerous other ingeneous devices.

Nah, you wouldn’t stand a chance.
CAF v Duxford plus the fact that the Red Arrows are out there with the whole USAF to mesmerise and shoot down.
We could see Redcoat reinactors invading from Canada and taking control.
I’m looking forward to watching ‘News at 10’ tonight, the sight of the US ambassador crawling to Downing Street to give his surrender document to our nice Mr Brown will be the highlight of the year. Unless a deal can be struck whereby Neil Diamond can return to the US and never come back here, difficult one I know, but such an agreement could retain the integrity of the US, after all, us Brits don’t want to have to fund all those CSI programmes as well as having to put up with Diamonds considerable ego and dodgy talent.
You only gained your country because our King was urinating green at the time, otherwise you would be enjoying Coronation Street and East Enders like the rest of us, see what you are missing out on, sad unlightened people.

what would b nice would b the b-17s nd mustangs in formation i.e an escorted bombing raid type thing

See post 45, there must be a lack of communication between East and West Essex, us Chavs must stick together don’t forget.

I’ve checked on the Sally B site and there is no confirmation that the engine problem has been resolved, does anyone know how things are progressing, I’m sure that everyone at DX is trying their best to help, it must be a nightmare trying to sort this one out in time.
I’m pretty good with a socket set if they want any help.

I have a great enthusiasm for old ships, to see a vessel like this with it’s masts still intact is incredible, I wouldn’t have thought it possible for anything like this to survive in such good condition.
Problem is, if the technology was available to raise it intact, what then, the Mary Rose has been sitting in a mist of water for the past 26 years, is it the same for the Vasa.
It has to be left where it is until future generations can find a way of dealing with it properly, after all this time, it’s state of decay isn’t going to change much, or is it.

Fantastic restoration, can you start it up when no-one is around.
I have to say that those markings would look superb and unusual on our own DX Mk1 Blenheim/Bolingbroke restoration to fly.
How about it chaps, the next scheme after your planned initial RAF markings.

I say we let the EU handle this one 😀

You mean like their international role in Afghanistan, which is to hide in their fortified zones in safe areas and let the Brits, Yanks and Canadians do all the nasty work and get killed.

A bit like the last event in the Balkans, the Brits, with American support, went hell for leather for Pristina with all the dangers of doing that, including an unexpected confrontation with the Russians. The big media event was all about the ‘Afrika Korps’ moving in, their movement being delayed until our lads made sure it was safe to do so, didn’t want any EU troops being hurt in the process did we.

If the so called free world wants to try and rid itself of people like this, they have a problem. I’m sure that there are plenty of other unnamed despots about, it’s just that white people are also involved. We are only taught to live in fear of such countries as North Korea, Iran, Syria and to a certain extent China and Pakistan, Zimbabwe doesn’t pose an international threat, so who is prepared to put their troops lives on the line for an old git who may have destroyed his country, and be a pain in the bum as far as the UN is concerned, but he won’t live much longer anyway, I reckon that’s what they are banking on, though, given the attitude, I can see the old boy being shipped off to SA for medical treatment if he was ill, would they introduce cyanide into his blood stream, doubt it very much, he’s one of the lads after all, and after several centuries of slavery, white domination and manipulation, I wouldn’t bloody blame them.

Mugabe is a complete despot of a kind that only he and the African psyche can understand, eventually he won’t get away with it, or perhaps he can do an Amin, convert to Islam and live whats left of his sad cruel life in Saudi Arabia free from Western and African judgement.

Forget involvement with African peacekeepers, with all due respect, they haven’t a clue, look at the Sudan, they get wasted everytime, it’s lambs to the slaughter, can you blame them for not wanting to get involved.
Don’t forget Sierra Leone, the African peacekeepers achieved nothing, a few helicopters, Harriers and proper troops and it was all over, but one brave soldier died, somebodies family are still grieving as a result of a strange, and to them, no doubt a pointless conflict, or was it something to do with diamonds.

Where am I going with this, I don’t know, the whole issue stirs peoples feelings, but they aren’t on the cutting edge are they.
I think it sums up African politics, the wonderful Mandella indulges himself in a UK birthday concert while all and sundry get killed and beaten in Mugabes ‘Empire’. One of the greatest and possibly most influential African politicians of all time is quite prepared to do this while under international pressure to do something, it’s far easier to have a good old free party with world adulation isn’t it, his speech of condemnation was’nt exactly the stuff of meaningful threat was it. Having said that, I refused to watch the concert on principle, was anything said by the participants at the time, I don’t know, but it would have been a bit of statement if they all had, not that I imagine they did for one moment, half the performers probably think that Zimbabwe is a village in the North Pole.

I doubt whether there’s any hope till this man dies, the Africans will never do anything about it, even if they had the will to do so, he is no doubt regarded as the man standing up to Imperialist aggressors with big sticks, it will always be the same, can you blame them, after all, life is cheap over there, apparently, in comparison to being able to drive up to Sainsburies without threat, well, possibly, depends on where you live, we all have the same sickness, just on a different scale.

… and John Barrowman.

You can’t have a Saturday night primetime show on BBC1 without John Barrowman.

That’s the law, matey! 😎

Woo hoo, send in Torchwood to sort him out, they’ve got some cool weapons, they are real aren’t they, looking after us against aliens.
I doubt whether Captain Jack would be prepared to give the old scrote a kiss though, could be could prime time TV if he did.

Best team won for sure. Well done Spain! :). I seem to have found a soft-spot for Germany in recent years but they definately didn’t deserve to even be in the final. I placed money on Croatia before the tournament and was stunned when they went out

How can you have a soft spot for Germany, the only reason that Spain only won 1:0 was because of Deutchlands unfortunate problem of moaning, whinging, making a meal of fouls and cynically doing nasty things when they knew the ref wasn’t watching, thats how they got to the final. Ballack should have been sent off for his various unsporting disgresions, I’m ashamed that he plays in this country.
Germany has a history of honourable play, but they seem to have forgotten it, perhaps if they got back to that attitude then they can once again be the genuine footballing force that we know they are capable of being, I haven’t a problem with that. I think that unfortunately it’s Englands problem, they aren’t inclined to cheat too easily, that’s what football seems to be about unfortunately, thats why I have a problem with it these days.
Jumpers for Goal Posts.