1) There was no NATO-Soviet frontier during the Cold War. It was a NATO-Warsaw Pact frontier. One of those Cold War alliance systems was disbanded - NATO however was not because it was a vehicle for continued American imperialism. 2) NATO's rush eastwards was actually decided in the 1990s, when the pinky promise that Gorbachev accepted that it would not expand proved to be utterly useless. That - along with the 60+ million people dumped into abject poverty - is why Gorbachev is viewed as an arch-chump rather than a 'great statesman' by his own people. His legacy was trashed by his own stupid actions and the domestic/international brigade of looters he enabled. The Soviet Union shared a border with Norway…….a member of NATO.
I was kind of assuming it was industrial action that was affecting everything, but maybe not. Anyway thanks for all the replies and any other suggestions are welcome.
Not really ScotRail, but does anybody know if trains are running from London to Scotland on a Sunday? Will be travelling up in October, but can't book tickets yet, but even if I get tickets will there be trains?