Nigel Farage promises to wipe out inheritance tax in bombshell pledge
Farage says Reform UK would abolish inheritance tax Nigel Farage pledged that Reform UK would abolish inheritance tax altogether. The Reform leader was speaking as he attended a protest in central London against Labour’s raid on farmers. The Clacton MP told GB News:…
Donald Trump branded a ‘Russian asset’ as fury erupts at JD Vance’s British troops insult
A top Tory MP has questioned whether Donald Trump is a Russian asset after the US president’s controversial decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine sparked a fierce backlash. Mr Trump halted all American military equipment not currently in the war-torn country…
JD Vance branded a ‘clown’ for slur on Britain’s 636 war dead
Veterans have branded US Vice President JD Vance a “clown” after he suggested the UK had not fought a war in 40 years. They accused Donald Trump’s henchman of besmirching the memory of the 636 British troops who died fighting alongside…
Labour braces for civil war as Rachel Reeves set to slash billions in new austerity drive
Rachel Reeves quizzed on likelihood of further tax rises Rachel Reeves is set to slash billions of pounds from the Government’s budget at the Spring Statement, after market turmoil and weak economic growth threatened to break one of her central…
M28/M29 Davy Crockett Weapon System: The Tripod-Mounted Recoilless Rifle That Fired a Nuclear Warhead
Photo Credit: DoD / US Government / The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development Since 1945 / Chuck Hansen / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain Throughout the Cold War, the United States was concerned about the Soviet nuclear threat. As…
The History of the US Navy’s Canceled World War II-Era Battleships
Photo Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command / Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain The Second World War produced many legendary battleships – Bismarck, HMS Hood (51), Yamato, Roma (1940) and USS Iowa (BB-61). That being said, the conflict would be the last…
Ryan FR-1 Fireball: The US Navy’s First Jet-Engine Fighter Was Also the Worst Aircraft of World War II
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy / U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain The Ryan FR-1 Fireball was an American fighter designed by Ryan Aeronautical for the US Navy during the Second World War. It was…
Higgins Boat: The Landing Craft That Helped the Allies Win World War II
Photo Credit: US Navy / Army Signal Corps Collection / US National Archives / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Colorized by Palette.fm) The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) – or Higgins boat – was used by the Allies to conduct…
The US Navy Considered Arming Frigates with Mk 48 Torpedoes During the Cold War
Photo Credit: 1. US Navy / Defense Imagery / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain 2. US Navy / Naval History and Heritage Command / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain On January 17, 1955, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) radioed the historic message, “Underway…
Kriegsende: 40 erstaunliche Schwarzweißfotos der Folgen des Zweiten Weltkriegs
Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs lagen weite Teile Europas und Asiens in Trümmern. Grenzen wurden neu gezogen, Heimkehrer, Vertreibungen und Beerdigungen waren im Gange. Doch die gewaltigen Wiederaufbaubemühungen hatten gerade erst begonnen. Der deutsche Wehrmachtsgeneral Anton Dostler wird am 1….