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Originally Posted by The Relic  It was the Norman Invasion. There's a very good reason why the one date most people can remember is 1066: it's because the invasion and the years of subjugation and looting at the hands of the Normans that followed had a very special role in forming the British persona.
I am Of French extraction, and I dislike in the main the French, not hate, I don't hate anybody or anything. I think in essence that is why we will always oppose each other.
The British have since carried a consciousness of being a separate island state at their very core. It was behind their resistance of Napoleon and Hitler; these days it's a component of resistance of the EC and fears regarding immigration. |
I totally agree, I fear immigration levels, for the very fact that it is now affecting my ability to earn a good wage, given my occupation.
I think we are digressing from the original post here Relic, perhaps you would start a new thread, or has it already been done to death.