We were lying along a thin tree line by a ditch, having just come under accurate machine gun fire for the first time that day. It was a little after 10.30am and hot. Very hot, certainly, by the standards of Derby, Nottingham and Worcester, where the recruiting officers had welcomed the soldiers beside me. Not … Read more
We were lying along a thin tree line by a ditch, having just come under accurate machine gun fire for the first time that day. It was a little after 10.30am and hot. Very hot, certainly, by the standards of Derby, Nottingham and Worcester, where the recruiting officers had welcomed the soldiers beside me. Not … Read more
North of the border, he is known to opponents and supporters alike as Wee Eck – Little Alex. In reality, there is nothing diminutive about Alex Salmond, be it his appetites, ambition, temper, political acumen or super-sized ego. He long saw himself as a warrior statesman; the modern reincarnation of Robert the Bruce, victor over … Read more
North of the border, he is known to opponents and supporters alike as Wee Eck – Little Alex. In reality, there is nothing diminutive about Alex Salmond, be it his appetites, ambition, temper, political acumen or super-sized ego. He long saw himself as a warrior statesman; the modern reincarnation of Robert the Bruce, victor over … Read more