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What if they wanted to change to the British flag, adopt the English language and adopt the British culture ?
Should we let them ?
Should we let them ?
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#3
(Original post by the bear)
we used to own bits of France. why not ?
we used to own bits of France. why not ?
Then we resurrect the Angevin Empire.
Huzzah.
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(Original post by Trotsky's Iceaxe)
First we leave the EU.
Then we resurrect the Angevin Empire.
Huzzah.
First we leave the EU.
Then we resurrect the Angevin Empire.
Huzzah.
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I would feel sorry for them as French and Italian culture is much more better than British culture in many ways, but would be very happy because..you know a bigger UK? Who in this country would not want that?
And while we are it, we can count this as payback for what France did during the American revolution
And while we are it, we can count this as payback for what France did during the American revolution
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Sacrificing Gibraltar for Spain joining the U.K. could be on the cards? Throw in the Isle of Wight for brownie points too whilst we’re at it.
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(Original post by The RAR)
I would feel sorry for them as French and Italian culture is much more better than British culture in many ways, but would be very happy because..you know a bigger UK? Who in this country would not want that?
And while we are it, we can count this as payback for what France did during the American revolution
I would feel sorry for them as French and Italian culture is much more better than British culture in many ways, but would be very happy because..you know a bigger UK? Who in this country would not want that?
And while we are it, we can count this as payback for what France did during the American revolution
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#9
(Original post by Trotsky's Iceaxe)
First we leave the EU.
Then we resurrect the Angevin Empire.
Huzzah.
First we leave the EU.
Then we resurrect the Angevin Empire.
Huzzah.
I don't think that's a flyer
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(Original post by Nalk1573)
What if they wanted to change to the British flag, adopt the English language and adopt the British culture ?
Should we let them ?
What if they wanted to change to the British flag, adopt the English language and adopt the British culture ?
Should we let them ?
The two governments declare that France and Great Britain shall no longer be two nations, but one Franco-British Union.
The constitution of the Union will provide for joint organs of defence, foreign, financial, and economic policies.
Every citizen of France will enjoy immediately citizenship of Great Britain; every British subject will become a citizen of France.
Both countries will share responsibility for the repair of the devastation of war, wherever it occurs in their territories, and the resources of both shall be equally, and as one, applied to the purpose.
During the war there shall be a single War Cabinet, and all the forces of Britain and France, whether on land, see, or in the air, will be placed under its direction. It will govern from wherever it best can. The two Parliaments will be formally associated. The nations of the British Empire are already forming new armies. France will keep her available forces in the field, on the sea, and in the air. The Union appeals to the United States to fortify the economic resources of the Allies, and to bring her powerful material aid to the common cause.
The Union will concentrate its whole energy against the power of the enemy, no matter where the battle may be.
And thus we shall conquer."
They even got so far as designing the postage stamps
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#12
(Original post by Plantagenet Crown)
What on Earth? No, they wouldn’t want to and rightly so. What an idiotic thread.
What on Earth? No, they wouldn’t want to and rightly so. What an idiotic thread.
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I mean, ultimately, the UK has always been more comfortable than most countries with cultural difference and overlapping identities. But as an idea, I think it's pretty obviously a non-starter.
In a wider sense though, I feel we should be working to break down barriers between nations rather than creating new ones. It's unfortunate that we're currently involved in doing the latter.
In a wider sense though, I feel we should be working to break down barriers between nations rather than creating new ones. It's unfortunate that we're currently involved in doing the latter.
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(Original post by L i b)
I mean, ultimately, the UK has always been more comfortable than most countries with cultural difference and overlapping identities. But as an idea, I think it's pretty obviously a non-starter.
In a wider sense though, I feel we should be working to break down barriers between nations rather than creating new ones. It's unfortunate that we're currently involved in doing the latter.
I mean, ultimately, the UK has always been more comfortable than most countries with cultural difference and overlapping identities. But as an idea, I think it's pretty obviously a non-starter.
In a wider sense though, I feel we should be working to break down barriers between nations rather than creating new ones. It's unfortunate that we're currently involved in doing the latter.
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#15
(Original post by Burton Bridge)
Maybe we aren’t!
Maybe we aren’t!
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#16
(Original post by nulli tertius)
Over 1000 years of British prosperity have turned on that viewpoint being rejected by those running the show.
Over 1000 years of British prosperity have turned on that viewpoint being rejected by those running the show.
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#17
(Original post by Burton Bridge)
Sorry mate you're going to have to explain what you mean a little more.
Sorry mate you're going to have to explain what you mean a little more.
I accept that there is a strain in the English character of "here's a foreigner; let's chuck a rock at him" but I am saying that English/British prosperity has been based on the governing class rejecting that viewpoint down the centuries and making this country the most attractive place for foreigners to create wealth in be they the Hanse, the Jews, the Lombards, the Flemings, the Huguenots or whoever.
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(Original post by nulli tertius)
You are saying (I think) that maybe the British are not more comfortable with cultural difference and overlapping identities.
I accept that there is a strain in the English character of "here's a foreigner; let's chuck a rock at him" but I am saying that English/British prosperity has been based on the governing class rejecting that viewpoint down the centuries and making this country the most attractive place for foreigners to create wealth in be they the Hanse, the Jews, the Lombards, the Flemings, the Huguenots or whoever.
You are saying (I think) that maybe the British are not more comfortable with cultural difference and overlapping identities.
I accept that there is a strain in the English character of "here's a foreigner; let's chuck a rock at him" but I am saying that English/British prosperity has been based on the governing class rejecting that viewpoint down the centuries and making this country the most attractive place for foreigners to create wealth in be they the Hanse, the Jews, the Lombards, the Flemings, the Huguenots or whoever.
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#20
(Original post by Alfissti)
Would we be driving on the left or right after this union?
Would we be driving on the left or right after this union?
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