Tomorrow is the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, June 18th, 1815, when the tactical nous and skill of one of Britain’s finest generals, the Duke of Wellington, aided by Marshall Blucher’s Prussians, finally defeated the might of the French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. The victory was followed by nearly a hundred years of peace and the finest days of the British Empire when Britain really did “rule the waves”.
No doubt there are those who would say that it is politically incorrect and insensitive to celebrate and glory in the memory of our victory but they would be wrong. A British defeat on that day would have resulted in a Europe crushed and ruled by a vainglorious tyrant (as it would again, of course, in 1940) so I think we have every right to celebrate the anniversary of our victory.
There won’t be any celebrations of course and we really mustn’t upset anybody must we? Well, I disagree. It happened and the rest of Europe, France included, should be eternally grateful that it did. I for one will feel no embarrassment at all in raising a glass of brandy (Napoleon, of course!) and toasting the memory of one of the greatest days in British history!
Common Sense 
I wouldn't have expected you to raise a glass of anything else! Perhaps a little slice of brie as well.You would be so much better linking somehow to twitter. You will get the right audience and have enormous fun arguing with those that disagreed with you. Bob