In this country we seem to have almost an obsession with honouring foreigners and foreign towns that have nothing to do with us.
There is a statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square. Why? What has Mandela got to do with this country? As a member of what was a terrorist organisation, I don't understand why he is so honoured. I doubt if he lives to be 90-odd we would erect a statue to Gerry Adams. At least I hope not...
Now, we learn an old soldier has lost a two-year battle to stop the local council renaming the Hemsworth bypass in Pontefract, West Yorkshire Sprockhoevel Way. Sprockhoevel is a town in the Ruhr. I'm sure it's a very nice town but what on earth does it have to to with Pontefract? Is there a Pontefract Strasse in the Ruhr? What do you think?
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