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Our Friends
Whenever Boris appears on TV to talk about Brexit he always refers to the EU as 'our friends'.
When will he realise that the French and Germans have never been , or ever likely to be 'our friends'.
The latest evidence of this the French President making political gain over the latest Covid set back.
Throughout the EU's dealing with Brexit negotiations they have been out to screw the UK for everything they can. Friends do not do that.
Boris, stop calling them our friends, because friends they are not.
When will he realise that the French and Germans have never been , or ever likely to be 'our friends'.
The latest evidence of this the French President making political gain over the latest Covid set back.
Throughout the EU's dealing with Brexit negotiations they have been out to screw the UK for everything they can. Friends do not do that.
Boris, stop calling them our friends, because friends they are not.
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//To much of Europe and the world Brexit - if we want to mention that - looked like us starting an argument in an empty room,..// That's for two reasons. Ikky: Most Europeans have a different psyche to us and they cannot understand why anybody would not want to participate in the wonderful "European Project." They don't understand that the majority of the...
13:20 Wed 23rd Dec 2020
Well, 59 years.
Most wars are between neighbours. So sensible neighbours try to think of ways to accommodate each others differences.
That is one reason why these trade talks have been so fraught, We are moving from a position of having done just that, albeit imperfectly, to pulling apart, and it has actually fed the myth that we are enemies. If we are not careful that myth might become closer to fact.
Most wars are between neighbours. So sensible neighbours try to think of ways to accommodate each others differences.
That is one reason why these trade talks have been so fraught, We are moving from a position of having done just that, albeit imperfectly, to pulling apart, and it has actually fed the myth that we are enemies. If we are not careful that myth might become closer to fact.
Ich, seems that the three French planes were more of a hindrance than a help.
//Thus, take-offs and landings of the French planes, regulated by the Control Tower, were carried out between those of the American planes which, sometimes, caused a certain discomfort in the rhythm supported by the latter.//
//Thus, take-offs and landings of the French planes, regulated by the Control Tower, were carried out between those of the American planes which, sometimes, caused a certain discomfort in the rhythm supported by the latter.//
Back in August ...
BBC News - Coronavirus: France to be added to UK quarantine countries
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BBC News - Coronavirus: France to be added to UK quarantine countries
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///Indeed they do, much of it because they have a lot bitterer experience of war than we do.//
Do they? Why is that then? As far as people in the UK are concerned the most recent large scale rumpus (WW2) was a matter entirely caused by the German government of the day. Any objective assessment of WW2 would reach the same conclusion. It plunged the entire continent and most of the rest of the world into six years of the worst conflict the world has ever known. So why should mainland Europeans' experience of it be any more bitter than that of those from almost anywhere else?
The world is not simply divided into "friends" and "enemies." There are those in between which are neither and France is one of them. It is a relationship of mutual - sometimes reluctant - tolerance and one which is based mainly on geography but little else. If you think they are happy at our leaving the EU you only need to examine the fuss they are making over potentially losing their right to plunder UK waters of almost as much fish as they can carry (much of which is sold to the UK).
If one thing has emerged from the last few days (something that I've been concerned about for years) it is that the UK - and indeed the rest of the EU - is foolish in the extreme to depend on the French to facilitate free passage of their goods across the Channel. That facility can be withdrawn at the drop of a hat whenever anything upsets the French and threatens what they see as their entitlements. It happens time and again - usually courtesy of French fishermen blockading their ports. Both the UK and the rest of the EU need to work on an alternative model of transporting people and goods between them which does not rely on the goodwill of the French because it is too easily and readily withdrawn.
Do they? Why is that then? As far as people in the UK are concerned the most recent large scale rumpus (WW2) was a matter entirely caused by the German government of the day. Any objective assessment of WW2 would reach the same conclusion. It plunged the entire continent and most of the rest of the world into six years of the worst conflict the world has ever known. So why should mainland Europeans' experience of it be any more bitter than that of those from almost anywhere else?
The world is not simply divided into "friends" and "enemies." There are those in between which are neither and France is one of them. It is a relationship of mutual - sometimes reluctant - tolerance and one which is based mainly on geography but little else. If you think they are happy at our leaving the EU you only need to examine the fuss they are making over potentially losing their right to plunder UK waters of almost as much fish as they can carry (much of which is sold to the UK).
If one thing has emerged from the last few days (something that I've been concerned about for years) it is that the UK - and indeed the rest of the EU - is foolish in the extreme to depend on the French to facilitate free passage of their goods across the Channel. That facility can be withdrawn at the drop of a hat whenever anything upsets the French and threatens what they see as their entitlements. It happens time and again - usually courtesy of French fishermen blockading their ports. Both the UK and the rest of the EU need to work on an alternative model of transporting people and goods between them which does not rely on the goodwill of the French because it is too easily and readily withdrawn.
The Dutch invasion most certainly did happen. The elite Dutch blue guard spearheaded a huge invading force.
In the end King James fled, ironically, because he might otherwise have won. Dutch protestants were desperate to establish a protestant monarchy and their invasion was a huge gamble, but ultimately a successful one.
Of all the nations in history the Netherlands must surely be up there for countries punching above its size.
In the end King James fled, ironically, because he might otherwise have won. Dutch protestants were desperate to establish a protestant monarchy and their invasion was a huge gamble, but ultimately a successful one.
Of all the nations in history the Netherlands must surely be up there for countries punching above its size.
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