I should say I have read his full blog post and I see him making a parallel there, not claiming equivalence.

Fair point DMcG.
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Whatever Conor Gearty is a professor of, he is still a fool if he compares Brexit to the Vietnam war.

Dave, you are entitled to believe that the blog is"Written by a right wing tosser with an extreme right wing audience in mind."
Is your opinion based on any actual knowledge or facts that you are prepared to sgare with us, and does it mean that you regard it as an extreme site?

Rag, your latest post about me is all lies.