If The Royal Historical Society recognises Hastings as an historian, it is of little consequence what a few Mudcat Lefties think.

The joke is that even if you did discount Hastings it would not weaken my case in the least because he is just one of many I have been quoting.
You made fools of yourself to no purpose!

Intelligent people learn history from the history books.
The Comrades reject all that and make their own shit up.
They can find not one person of knowledge to back them.

Unless and until they do, there is no discussion.