JohnM Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Mr Samson, 47, a French lawyer, dismissed the Duke of Wellington, who led the Allied army to victory on the battlefield, as a "frightful English man that no one has heard of," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11373655/French-rewrite-Battle-of-Waterloo-to-cast-Napoleon-as-the-victor.html The "Dark Ages" is a term referring to life at the RFL under the new regime. It's characterized by a decline in openness, professionalism, transparency and achievements,
The Crab Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 My dad served in "The Dukes", he could give Mr Samson a pretty good history lesson. A French lawyer called Frank Samson? A Kiwi playing the Duke of Wellington? She`ll be right.
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