"You presented Tim Pat Coogan in another discussion, who is unqualified and a tabloid journalist."
Coogan does not write for tabloids and is not a journalist - and he is every bit as qualified as Max Hastings - nor have I or anybody else ever disallowed information from anybody other tha you - misrepresentation on three points
"I opened the Stalin thread to respond there"
You have never responded to it anywhere - I have only just raised it (stop lying)
I raise it here as an example of your lying about historians you claim to have read
"My quotes are in context, "
No they are not - I repeat - YOU CANNOT GIVE AN HONEST VIEW OF ANY HISTORIAN'S OPINIONS WITH OUT-OF-CONTEXT QUOTES
"The consensus has emerged only about twenty years ago as a result of new evidence becoming available."
The only "new" evidence to have emerged over the last twenty years is from the soldiers ("liars") diaries - and they are only available to a few people - no new evidence has been discoled from them and it wouldn't matter if it has - you've told us they are liars.
What we have seen is an effort by establishment historians to rehabilitate the war as acceptable on the deeply insulting premise that us stupid peasants believe Blackadder and Oh What a Lovely War presnts an accurate account - you have accused us of the same - downright ****** insulting that anybody should take a sit-com as an accurate account of anything - who they hell do they or you think we are?
If "new evidence" has emerged - what it it? (don't expect an answer to this one either)
"Careful you'll be calling for the banning of all those Trades Union Banners next."
Who gives a toss who attends a festival remembering "liars" as you have described them.
See you're keeping your head down from the awkward bits here - very wise!!
Jim (whoops-Jom) Carroll