Italics not working today.

Jim,
"Tyranny had nothing to do with anything Keith - that is wartime propaganda bullshit."

Not according to the Socialist Party of Belgium.
Not according to the editorial staff of The Manchester Guardian.
I believe them not you.
Where do you get this shit from?
Not history, just far left politics.

"From day one the Left opposed the war as being Imperialist, which was exactly what it was."

You have been lied to Jim. It was not about imperialism, and the Left SUPPORTED it from day one!

"The Great Unrest 1910-1914: When the Working Class Shook Britain's Capitalist Foundations"

They did until Belgium was invaded, and then the nation was united against the real tyrant and the real threat.

Dave,
"The people had no say in the matter. The decisions were taken by the likes of Sir Edward Grey. "

You can argue how much "say" the people have in a democracy, but as the people were overwhelmingly in support of the decisions it hardly matters.

"When there is no evidence that the German tyrants would have been any different in practice from our own."

The people of the time believed that it was worth fighting and even dying to keep the tyrant away, so what is your opinion worth?
They were not duped and they were not lied to.
You have been duped and lied to.
You believe lies.
Read some objective history and learn the truth.