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That's a very interesting reading of the Tripartite Pact that you are making. Article 3 is the important one with "They further undertake to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if one of the Contracting Powers is attacked by a Power at present not involved in the...

Because the UK by itself isn't able to finish the job but when nazi germany invades the ussr, the situation becomes very different. There is a massive difference between being in a war which is a never ending stalemate and that has a negotiated settlement which reflects that and one that has...

To finish the job. If the UK has been forced out of the war in 42 due to it stalemating, as soon as it all kicks off on the eastern front, the U.K. will be supporting Russia for all its worth. U.K. Foreign policy has always been to prevent a continental hegemony forming and so like with...

Yes, but the purpose of the RN has always been to maintain the freedom of the seas for the merchant navy. The Germans might get away with it the first time they tried, the second time would find the RN playing escort duties all the way to Russia. Also as your link notes, both the UK and Germany...

Sounds like the easiest way to pull Britain back into the war, assaulting British merchant ships on the high seas.

Yeah, when the next DLC goes on sale, the rest can usually be got very cheap.

You buy a copy of the game legitimately and go to the Paradox website.

More Council maps, now in Lancashire: West Lancashire - stronger Labour performance than average sees 2 Labour gains from 2011 Chorley - Conservatives winning a number of wards here that in 2014 went Labour, but not much change from 2011. South Ribble has new boundaries but the election...

Back with the final Greater Manchester maps after a week's leave in which my laptop's dropbox played funny buggers and didn't sync properly. Bolton - UKIP win one ward on a knife-edge (39 votes) and put in a strong performance with a good handful of plus 30% wards around the south and east of...

It's looking good :) With the Lib Dems, it's been interesting to watch the way the wards have fell. Most of the more urban wards had been already taken by Labour, in areas where the Lib Dems where the only opposition (as we can't vote Tory TM) while in the wealthier, more suburban areas the Lib...

Corrected map has been uploaded - thanks for the heads-up.

Definitely interesting to see those Labour wards becoming that much paler over the four years - I wonder if its this sort of trend that will start to panic the Labour party or is 2015 going to be a UKIP high point. Some more of Greater Manchester to share as well Tameside, wards won...

Starting now with the UK's second city, Greater Manchester: Wigan, with no change from last year on councillors elected but the Labour majorities have got larger. However UKIP ran a nearly full slate of candidates (except for the ward the Conservatives won) with 21% of the overall vote. The...

Actually, turnout across Liverpool City averaged 65%, though I wouldn't want to print off this map due to fears of running out of red ink ;)

Sorry, I should have made that clearer - I meant that Labour had won the 2 wards that the Lib Dems and Greens won last year.