19th March 2013, 09:34 PM
The recent fuss over Richard III seems to me to epitomise the pointlessness of this debate. Should he be buried in Leicester or York. Should we be returning the 'Viking' dead of Repton or the St Brices massacre in Oxford to some vague Scandinavian locale, or all Romans to Rome. Start on a slippery slope and imagine where it might lead. How about if the French/Belgians went along with this and returned 1 million British war dead from WWI....where would we put them all!!
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...