Carryfast:
The army won’t do anything unless it’s ordered to by the Queen.While to be fair the last true English resistance force in that regard was Hereward the Wake’s.As for France they invaded us and wiped out our National identity then pressed Englishmen into fighting French wars over French Plantagenet power struggles not to mention getting us involved in WW1.While the result of 1789 was Napoleon’s plans for Europe.That all ended well.While we’ve got Royals who obviously prefer the name of Louis to Athelstan or Harold.That says everything.
“The army…ordered by the Queen”. So the Queen was responsible for the 2nd Iraq war? Lets Tony off the hook then I spose?
“English resistance force in that regard was Hereward the Wake’s”
Hereward the Wake was an Anglo Saxon wasn`t he?
One of the descendants of the Germanic tribes who migrated into these islands in the fifth century?
“As for France they invaded us” Surely not?. The Normans invaded in 1066 before the French existed.
“wiped out our National identity then pressed Englishmen into fighting French wars”.
English and other peoples from the British Isles (with their National Identity intact IMHO) were certainly involved in French wars between 1066 and 1914. Normally on different sides of course, such as the Napoleonic wars you cite.
“Napoleon’s plans for Europe.That all ended well.” For a couple of hundred years Europe was the Imperial, Cultural, and Economic centre of the world, so yep, you`re right.
“we’ve got Royals who obviously prefer the name of Louis” Maybe they are fans of jazz trumpeters?
And dont take any of the above too seriously, CF. :smiley: After all, we are ALL genetically 99.9% the same as each other, 96% similar to a chimpanzee, and 90% the same as a cat. So its easy to see why a nice cat is a better choice than a nasty truck driver for a single lady. 