Commontoryism

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  • Commentaries on the Gallic War: Julius Caesar's firsthand history of war, long taught to every schoolboy in the British educational system
  • common
  • toryism: conservatism
  • Winston Churchill: refer back to solier-author-batman. Churchill was a Tory, a "common" Tory (bit of a put down) but really a Liberal in all but name, who certainly expressed much "commentary" throughout his long career. Interestingly, the issue that prevented Churchill from being a full-throated Liberal was his stance on Irish Home Rule. Cf. Anglo-Irish War (1919-1921) and the relations between Churchill and Michael Collins.