Safeguarding History

As usual, the greatest military heritage in the world is facing existential threat. A golden ram's head which was liberated by Britain's plucky little servicemen in 1874 now resides with the Royal Artillery, who are denying access to researchers and seem less than enthusiastic about following the example of certain museums and loaning looted artefacts back to the peoples they were stolen from. Partly the restrictions are for economic reasons, as the presence of civilian eyeballs near a military trophy cabinet would precipitate a rise in insurance premiums that could ill be afforded by a government which may soon be forced to conquer Russia and China in self-defence. But scarcely less important than money is the issue of national security. We all know that the best air force in the world can't keep its own bases secure enough to protect its aircraft from being chromatically terrorised; imagine the nation's peril should the best army in the world tempt the lesser breeds with a sight of the spoils of Empire.