James Watt invented the steam engine.
History says, he learned the power of steam when as a child he stopped up the spout and lid on a tea kettle, set it on the fire—then watched what happened.
Boom.
Yer British Gummint has a pretty tight lid on things in the UK. BUT—the fire is hot.
Tick, tock.
The Anglo-Saxons tend to put up with a lot of crap from people like the Nazis and the Muzzies — for a while. Then they decide they have had enough and all hell breaks loose. Kipling’s “Dona Ferentes” poem tells the story.......