If we had another go at the Germans tomorrow, MoD could employ Teribus to do the same as Comical Ali, the Iraqi who was feeding the press with bullshit about how they were winning. "What about the gunfire over there right now?" Said BBC's John Simpson. "I can't hear any?" Said Comical Ali.

Here, Teribus. Is that your only nom de plume? Only I notice Max Hastings came out with similar bullshit when he was defending the executions in his history revision 101.