Condemned as enemy aliens, interned for the duration then herded on to ships to be transported to Canada … Is it time for the UK government to say sorry to the innocent Italian victims of the sinking 70 years ago of the Arandora Star?
Little, doubtless, did Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator, appreciate or for that matter care what the effect on his countrymen living in Scotland would be when he threw his lot in with Hitler on June 10, 1940 and dragged Italy into war with Britain.
