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Not normal, of course, but sadly not unknown back then. But I've never really met anyone who considered the bombing of the Grand as anything other than an attack on the Tory government of the day. Brighton was just where it happened. Perhaps that's just the sort of people I know. Bunch of lefties.

Yes, of course you are absolutely correct. Obviously anyone who reads my post must inevitably come to that conclusion.

I didn't say it was ok, as you well know - my point is that the bombing of the Grand didn't affect Brighton anywhere near as badly as, say, the Birmingham or Warrington bombs affected the local communities.

Well, the Grand Hotel was knocked about a bit, but as someone who was living here at the time, I'd be interested to know what harm you think was done to Brighton. None of those killed was local, and our emergency services performed heroically.

I can't be bothered to go back and dig it out for you, but somewhere a few days ago I said that I was happy to assume that someone from Derry had a better understanding of Irish matters than people who have lived most of their lives in Sussex. But there we go, people basing comments on...

Personally I'm okay with the idea that someone from Derry might have a deeper understanding of the issues than people on here who have never been closer to Northern Ireland than Horsham. But others clearly think differently.

Hmm. Duffy seems to have expressed an opinion based on one view of a situation and an imperfect understanding of the history of the island of Ireland. He seems not to have considered the fact that some will not agree with him, while others will almost wilfully put the worst interpretation on his...