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hat amazing last few weeks for Royal watchers, Manchester football, politicians and political nerds and not least the weather.
Val Stevens, former deputy leader of Manchester City Council and chairman of GM Buses, starts a new life across the Channel
I attended the 8th May commemoration ceremony in the village. It is a simple ceremony. The oldest member of the village reads out why it is important to remember the end of the second world war and why it was fought and by whom.
then for a very good reason. Hitler dominated Germany had to be defeated not just because of the Fascist ideology but because they wanted to rule without consent in a
largely democratic Europe.
For most of the time before the 20th Century, Britain and France had been on opposing sides but the common enemy had changed all that. A shame Silence that the current government All the allies were mentioned has decreed that the Euroby the Mayor in his short pean flag will not be flown. speech and then a minutes si- Those that forget their hislence followed by the Marseil- tory may have to repeat it. laise. As usual they all went One of the recent insults that off to the Salles des Fetes Vince Cable threw at his coalifor the obligatory refreshtion partners was that they ments courtesy of the Conseil were tribal. Well there are General de Dordogne. good and bad sides to tribal We were on the same side thinking. In politics changing 30