18 MARCH

FA CHIEF APOLOGISES TO THE NAZIS AND TOASTS HITLER On Wednesday 4th December 1935, the visiting German national football team had been invited to an after the match dinner reception at the Hotel Victoria in London. William Pickford, the vice president of the Football Association and the man who first introduced markings on football pitches…

BRITISH GENERAL RELUCTANT TO INVESTIGATE THE CRIMES OF PRO-BRITISH LOYALIST MILITIA 27 August 1953 – General Erskine, commanding British forces in Kenya, reports to the War Office his strong belief that it would be best not to investigate the war crimes of the police or the King’s African Rifles, British led colonial troops, too thoroughly….

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BRITISH FLEET BOMBARDS ALEXANDRIA KILLING AND INJURING 2000 11 July 1882 – At 7 am a British fleet of eight warships began the bombardment of Alexandria, after Egypt’s government refused to accept Britain’s supposed right to oversee and manage the country’s budget, which included huge payments in debt to the Suez Canal Company, in which…

CONSERVATIVES BACK FAR RIGHT GOVERNMENT OF VICTOR OBAN [ 12 September 2018 ] On this day in 2018 Conservative MEPs, representing Britain’s largest political party, were among a small minority in the European Parliament to back the far right Hungarian government of Victor Oban, during a crucial vote.  Since he was elected prime minister in…

BRITISH GENERAL WARNS AGAINST PROSECUTING KENYAN MILITIA FOR MURDER. 9 June 1954 – General Erskine, commanding British troops in Kenya, advised the War Council against prosecuting members of Kenya’s Home Guard for murder. “They do a very good job because they do it from the heart and with faith in the Kenya Government… I must…