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Cobbett had a point about armaments

Thursday, 17th August 2017

• NUCLEAR deterrent? If not William Cobbett had a point: “The fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible to make people believe that immense fleets and armies are necessary.”

MIKE BOR, W2

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