British Empire Society

"To be born British is to win first prize in the lottery of life" - Kipling.

If you look at GDP per capita in countries with populations over 20 million, the top four are an Anglosphere sweep: America, Canada, Britain, Australia. When it comes to delivering sustained democratic institutions and economic growth among large numbers of people, there is simply no comparison with the Britannic inheritance. And, as Mr. Harper also noted, through the horrors of the 20th century these countries also did more than anybody else to defend and advance the cause of liberty.
- Mark Steyn, "Western Standard"

Rule Britannia

Reply 82

national

11

JonD

"To be born British is to win first prize in the lottery of life" - Kipling.

He can come out with lines like that and make the best damn cakes in the Western World - what a guy! :smile:

Reply 83

TRB

OMG I forgot about this

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter'd & sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

What a poem

Reply 84

Carl

14

I'm loving this soc, count me in.

I'm also for a Hitler soc, if anyone's up for making it! :p:

Reply 85

Carl

14

Thud

with a french flag in the background? :laugh:

No it's not, France is blue, white, red.

Reply 86

Tory Dan

11

Thud

rue britannia.

Is that some misspelled endorsement from Thud?

I think it is!

A nice picture of what we do when the Hun gets a bit overexcited. To add to the points, British diplomacy now means we send in a gun boat.

Reply 87

Thud

17

Carl

No it's not, France is blue, white, red.

i even looked on google to make sure i had the right flag and still mixed the colours round.

dan_man

Is that some misspelled endorsement from Thud?

you + dictionary. :wink:

Reply 88

TRB

The defeat of the Spanish Armada

Av it

Reply 89

JonD

5

The Rugger Bugger

OMG I forgot about this

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
...

The musical version! (Beware, contains post-Imperial decadence: 80's spandex :frown:

). Or live if you prefer.

Reply 90

JonD

5

dan_man

A nice picture of what we do when the Hun gets a bit overexcited. To add to the points, British diplomacy now means we send in a gun boat.

Isn't that the High Seas fleet just before the Battle of Jutland? A million sailors ready to clash in the largest naval battle the world has ever seen.

Reply 91

TRB

JonD

Isn't that the High Seas fleet just before the Battle of Jutland? A million sailors ready to clash in the largest naval battle the world has ever seen.

We sooo won that

Reply 92

JonD

5

The Rugger Bugger

We sooo won that

Well that's no wonder. What's amazing is that each of them battleships weighed 50,000 tones and had over a thousand British sailors on board. Hun didn't know what hit em :wink:

Reply 93

TRB

Britannia rules the waves. :cool:

Reply 94

Gilliwoo

The Rugger Bugger

OMG I forgot about this

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter'd & sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

What a poem

The charge of the light brigade...that had only an oblique connection to Empire :confused:

do we actually still know hwat we are talking about here?

Reply 95

Gilliwoo

dan_man

Is that some misspelled endorsement from Thud?

I think it is!
[image of the Grand Fleet]

A nice picture of what we do when the Hun gets a bit overexcited. To add to the points, British diplomacy now means we send in a gun boat.