He didn't have much of a jab, but made up for it with other skills eh?

24 September 1922 - The sinking of HMS Speedy. 100 years ago today.

Launched a few months before the end of the war in 1918 the destroyer HMS Speedy first saw action in the Black Sea in 1919 when she took part in the Allied Intervention in Russia. From 1920 she formed part of the Allied forces supporting Greece in the Greco-Turkish War. In September 1922 during the Chanak Crisis she was in collision with a Turkish tug in the Sea of Marmara, ten crew were lost in her sinking. 

I guess we have always been a victim.................and now we are a victim of ourselves. 

10 October 1922 - The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. 100 years ago today.

The former Ottoman province of Mesopotamia was awarded to GB in 1920 under a League of Nations Mandate to govern and guide to eventual independence. In 1921 the Kingdom of Iraq was proclaimed with Faisal younger son of the King of the Hijaz as King. Iraq was semi-autonomous under British protection with Sir Percy Cox as High Commissioner.

However there was much unrest in the Kingdom with Iraqis keen to speed up British withdrawal, something Sir Percy was not inclined to do. In August 1922 King Faisal fell seriously ill with appendicitis, so Cox seized the opportunity to "temporarily" take full control. He deported the ringleaders of the anti-British revolt and induced others to flee the country. By the time of the King's recovery Cox was in position to dictate revised terms of the British Mandate. In a ceremony in Baghdad Iraq recognized GB's position as controller of Iraqi foreign affairs and accepted the presence of British troops in Iraq.

10 October 1922 - The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. 100 years ago today.

The former Ottoman province of Mesopotamia was awarded to GB in 1920 under a League of Nations Mandate to govern and guide to eventual independence. In 1921 the Kingdom of Iraq was proclaimed with Faisal younger son of the King of the Hijaz as King. Iraq was semi-autonomous under British protection with Sir Percy Cox as High Commissioner.

However there was much unrest in the Kingdom with Iraqis keen to speed up British withdrawal, something Sir Percy was not inclined to do. In August 1922 King Faisal fell seriously ill with appendicitis, so Cox seized the opportunity to "temporarily" take full control. He deported the ringleaders of the anti-British revolt and induced others to flee the country. By the time of the King's recovery Cox was in position to dictate revised terms of the British Mandate. In a ceremony in Baghdad Iraq recognized GB's position as controller of Iraqi foreign affairs and accepted the presence of British troops in Iraq.

When you negotiate from a position of power you always win. Sir Percy Cox, now that is a fine Brit name, the kind that seems to be disappearing today. 

10 October 1922 - The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. 100 years ago today.

The former Ottoman province of Mesopotamia was awarded to GB in 1920 under a League of Nations Mandate to govern and guide to eventual independence. In 1921 the Kingdom of Iraq was proclaimed with Faisal younger son of the King of the Hijaz as King. Iraq was semi-autonomous under British protection with Sir Percy Cox as High Commissioner.

However there was much unrest in the Kingdom with Iraqis keen to speed up British withdrawal, something Sir Percy was not inclined to do. In August 1922 King Faisal fell seriously ill with appendicitis, so Cox seized the opportunity to "temporarily" take full control. He deported the ringleaders of the anti-British revolt and induced others to flee the country. By the time of the King's recovery Cox was in position to dictate revised terms of the British Mandate. In a ceremony in Baghdad Iraq recognized GB's position as controller of Iraqi foreign affairs and accepted the presence of British troops in Iraq.

When you negotiate from a position of power you always win. Sir Percy Cox, now that is a fine Brit name, the kind that seems to be disappearing today. 

Not just that but it's a devious, cunning, manipulative, deceitful, devilish, dishonest, fraudulent conspiracy to grab power,. Makes you proud to be British.

10 October 1922 - The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. 100 years ago today.

The former Ottoman province of Mesopotamia was awarded to GB in 1920 under a League of Nations Mandate to govern and guide to eventual independence. In 1921 the Kingdom of Iraq was proclaimed with Faisal younger son of the King of the Hijaz as King. Iraq was semi-autonomous under British protection with Sir Percy Cox as High Commissioner.

However there was much unrest in the Kingdom with Iraqis keen to speed up British withdrawal, something Sir Percy was not inclined to do. In August 1922 King Faisal fell seriously ill with appendicitis, so Cox seized the opportunity to "temporarily" take full control. He deported the ringleaders of the anti-British revolt and induced others to flee the country. By the time of the King's recovery Cox was in position to dictate revised terms of the British Mandate. In a ceremony in Baghdad Iraq recognized GB's position as controller of Iraqi foreign affairs and accepted the presence of British troops in Iraq.

When you negotiate from a position of power you always win. Sir Percy Cox, now that is a fine Brit name, the kind that seems to be disappearing today. 

Not just that but it's a devious, cunning, manipulative, deceitful, devilish, dishonest, fraudulent conspiracy to grab power,. Makes you proud to be British.

Add the Iraqis to the long list of British victims. 

That's what I love about the British.  They're never the victims.  This is why I think Meghan Markle will never fit in, her signature song being "Poor Poor Pitiful Me".

No, darkies are beneath the royals. Most others are beneath the English too, or so they think. 

A different Cole from the one commemorated by the ill-fated USS Cole hit by Al-Qaeda in 2000? 

A different Cole from the one commemorated by the ill-fated USS Cole hit by Al-Qaeda in 2000? 

Yes, she was WWI vintage 4 stacker, USS Cole DDG-67 is a guided missile destroyer. Same namesake tho. 

A different Cole from the one commemorated by the ill-fated USS Cole hit by Al-Qaeda in 2000? 

Yes, she was WWI vintage 4 stacker, USS Cole DDG-67 is a guided missile destroyer. Same namesake tho. 

I meant the person, I didn't think a ship over 80 years old was still on active service!

I've looked it up and the Coles in question were two different people. The second ship is named after a Marine Sgt who was killed in 1945 at Iwo Jima. 

Don't be silly Tommy, everyone knows gopher noses are the same colour as American noses, Brown.

The Emergency Alert System didn't seem to be working on 9/11.  At least I didn't hear an alert anyway.

Most radio stations over here have gone digital, some online only, you can't get on on an actual radio! Only the major stations remain on AM, FM, Long Wave etc, even the cricket is leaving Long Wave next year.