"while other minority views(UKIP) have not."
Don't know about Matt's views, but I do know that Ukip is not frowned on for their 'minority' views - just theirneo-fascist racist ones.
"I think the views of radical socialists could be considered at least as much of a danger "
And more power to their collective elbows.
"Simply stating an incontrovertible historical fact which happens to be at odds with the claims made by the egregious General Charles de G. "
Does it really matter that France never won any wars Mike?
If if that's the case. the French people can hardly be blamed for such a 'failing' - they had as little to do with waging wars as the man in the street did in Britain.
De Gaul was no different that any other out-of-touch national leader as far as I can see.
None of them speak for any of us - or even bother consulting us.
Jim Carroll