 | When Britain and France nearly married| Politics Discuss When Britain and France nearly married in the Current forums; Originally Posted by 102first_hussars
Awww, the germans had opportune time to systematically cut the tounges out of every frenchman, why ... |
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01-27-2007, 12:47 PM
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#16 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by 102first_hussars  Awww, the germans had opportune time to systematically cut the tounges out of every frenchman, why they didnt do it, i dont know, Adler, that is the only thing i hold against your country | I am sorry. The German part of me apologizes to you... 
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01-27-2007, 03:24 PM
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Country:  | After the First World War, the vast majority of British soldiers swore that we'd fought the wrong enemy, and that the only war they'd ever volunteer for in the future would be one against the French.
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01-27-2007, 06:01 PM
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Country: | Before the First World War, Britain were laying plans for a war with France as Germany our ally. A lot of the airfields in southern Britain were actually built for a defence against a French foe, rather than a German one.
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01-27-2007, 06:54 PM
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#19 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | That I did not know. Interesting.
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01-28-2007, 04:25 AM
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Country: | Seems reasonable, though. Pity none of them exist any more, we might need them one day when we finally have the guts to secede from the Union!
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01-28-2007, 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ndicki Seems reasonable, though. Pity none of them exist any more, we might need them one day when we finally have the guts to secede from the Union! |
I take it that the EU has not provided any economic growth, or increased British exports, which was supposed to have been one of the main advantages of the British joining the union in theory, am I right?
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01-28-2007, 05:37 AM
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Country: | Ha bl++dy ha, mate! All it's done is make it easier for the French - whose protectionist attitude is well known when it comes to non-French companies making bids for French ones - to take over our economy. Look at Suez/GDF, where the French fused a state company with a private one to defeat an Italian takeover bid, or the way France has kept EDF, the state electricity monopoly, intact while it buys into the privatized (by order of the EU) markets in the other EU countries!
The US still remains Britain's major trading partner.
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01-28-2007, 07:49 AM
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Country: | The only thing Britain receives from the EU is payments; which apparently are to make up for the trade incentives the rest of the EU gets. More than one time have the EU tried to stop that.
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01-28-2007, 08:01 AM
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01-28-2007, 08:02 AM
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Country:  | Fighting the wrong enemy oh bugger. you mean to say it should have been the French we should have kicked in 2 world wars oh bugger. You do know of course when in 1788 when the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay in what is now called Sydney there was a French Frigate at anchor. On sighting the First Fleet the Froggies buggered off instantly pulled up anchor and sailed away never to be seen again. As the old joke says course there is no World war 3 France hasn't surrendered yet | |
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01-28-2007, 08:16 AM
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Country: | France being our natural enemy, a lot of British soldiers wanted to fight the French. The British didn't even need to though - the Germans would have won without us.
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01-28-2007, 08:24 AM
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Country: | well plan as an old Scottish Uncle of mine use to say never trust the French and if you know Scottish History at all and the Grand Alliance Treaty Scotland had with France. you would know why the Scots never trusted the French after the Jacobite Rebellions and how the French let the Scots down bloody twice. Yes you maybe thinking is Emac a decendant of a Jacobite Clan you would be spot on mate. I am a decendant of a Jacobite family from Skye in Scotland. AN AUSSIE JACOBITE AND PROUD OF IT MATE
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01-28-2007, 08:27 AM
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Country: | I do know about the French/Scottish distrust. I also know about Culloden and... I'm only kidding. I'm sure you'll mention Bannockburn now. I was actually born in Scotland - and there used to be great respect for them, being the only country in the Union that put up such a great fight.
Plus, the Romans didn't conquer 'em!
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01-28-2007, 08:40 AM
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Country: | not going to mention Bannock Burn at all Plan but seeing you mentioned it hahaha. but the Clans who had treaties with the French the distrust is deep rooted as far as i can make out. thinks it goes back way beyond Edward the 1st Long Shanks trying to be the Hammer of the Scots etc. Any way my uncle was correct never trust the bloody French | |
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01-31-2007, 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ndicki Seems reasonable, though. Pity none of them exist any more, we might need them one day when we finally have the guts to secede from the Union! | Ah... I thought the UK never entered the EU... If you're part of it, why are you still using Pounds instead of Euros ? | |
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