Just Curious, you understand....

[cryingfreeman]

@ NR: I have 2 questions for you...

1. Do you have any other info on that Canadian retreat idea for the UK powers that be? The rumours I heard were that it was for our German Queen and that the PM would be put on a nuclear sub.

2. Do you know if those Free Fire Zone rules still stand?

I've been studying "The Secret State" and it mentions that the government did a study decades ago on the cost of hardening the UK against nuclear attack (i.e. proper building standards, fallout shelters in all new homes & offices, etc) and they concluded that it was prohibitively expensive and would consume the budget set aside for our deterrent force. So they thought - and still do - that it's okay for the country to be annihilated as long as they can have the option to shoot back. Contrast that with Switzerland or even Germany, where houses are built like fortresses in comparison with ours. I was staying in Bielefeld a few months ago and was amazed at how well built our hosts' home was - and how well designed its basement was (i.e. ideal for use as a fallout shelter).