On June 6, 1944, D-Day, the day of Operation Overlord, the U.S. First Army, under General Omar N. Bradley, and the British Second Army, under General Miles C. Dempsey, established beachheads in Normandy. A force of about 152,000 Allied soldiers from the United States, Britain, and Canada were supported by […]

Regular readers will not need to be reminded that tomorrow Section 76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, becomes law. This makes you liable for prosecution for taking a photograph of a policeman or a member of the Armed Forces. St. Crispin’s natural modesty is now legally preserved. However anybody; be […]

It’s Abraham Lincoln’s birthday today, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that it is the Obamessiah’s as well. If you follow US news and you’re drowning in the fawning, endless dreary Obama/Lincoln comparisons today, Bruce at MassBackwards has this excellent offering. Enjoy. Introducing…The Obamasburg Address: “Three weeks and two days […]

Is there no end to the mindless stupidity of the people who live around us? Sometimes they manage to breathe and talk at the same time but that’s about their limit. And they are allowed to vote, too. For example, who could believe that the library at HMP Erlestoke near […]

Yesterday was the anniversary of traitor, liar, EEC-sellout and infamous cottager Edward Heath calling a snap election in 1974. Alistair Cooke has written a very good article about what life was like in those hard times. Documenting the run-up to the election it serves as a bit of a reminder […]

Not something you will want anywhere near you at 4pm UK time today if in a violent frame of mind. Chapter 15 of The Armourer’s Prentices by Charlotte Yonge which is on TheEye’s current “being read” schedule is called Heave Half A Brick At Him. Replace ‘Him’ with ‘Her’. You […]

It’s not a well known fact but Spanish naval vessels are designed with glass bottoms so that their new navy can see their old navy. Elsewhere, in parochial but marginally interesting news for political junkies, the rightist Spanish opposition party Partido Popular has just opened a fully fledged branch of […]

Whilst promising to return with a more serious post, TheEye didn’t think it would be this serious. There are times when the self-imposed ban on becoming a sweary blog is hard to maintain. From the DailyLabourGraph we learn: Council blocks home for maimed marine. Marine Joe Townsend (20) put his […]

TheEye declares himself a friend of Her Majesty’s loyal subjects in Northern Ireland – who have repeatedly expressed via the ballot box that the wish of the majority is to stay within the Union. On this point, there is an excellent article over on ConservativeHome by Tony Sharp arguing against […]

This story is featured on several blogs, including TheEye’s regular reads of The Lone Voice and Old Holborn. Both give the hat-tip to Raedwald. The EU has decided that we are all criminals now and these “crimes” will put British subjects on an EU subversives list. This EU Council decision […]