They're Trying to Take Over Our War

Representatives of two lesser participants in the Anglo-American triumph of 1914-1918 have commemorated the centenary of war's outbreak between Germany and France in typically unmanly Euro-wog fashion. The presidents of both countries took part in a ceremony of reconciliation which, unlike the more spontaneous and democratic manifestations prevalent on the mainland, has been described as "carefully choreographed". As one might expect, the occasion was hijacked by both parties for the purpose of propaganda in favour of Brussels, Strasbourg and the undermining of Westminster's sovereignty; and any celebration of the British Empire seems to have been scandalously muted.