WELL, that all went swimmingly. There’s a peculiar British propensity for glorifying and commemorating things that were actually disastrous failures, such as Dunkirk, the Titanic or the Charge of the Light Brigade. Watching Theresa May address the Commons yesterday, I was reminded of Giocante de Casabianca who, you’ll remember, stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17228026.andrew-mckie-there-is-still-hope-as-long-as-we-ditch-the-prime-minister/