Uk Abandoned Europe In Fight Against Is

[-Talbot-]

A Frenchman accusing the UK of abandoning Europe :0/

He must have been in the middle of a good old session with Junkcer when he came up with this gem.

https://news.sky.com/story/michel-barnier-suggests-uk-abandoned-europe-in-fight-against-is-11149337

[jno]

the last full-scale invasion of England was in 1688. England lost but heroically welcomed its new Dutch overlord. The Welsh did however beat the French in 1797 at Fishguard (the invaders having all got drunk on the locals' wine).

[ToraToraTora]

that was a (glorious) revolution jno, William III assisted the English parliamentarians to overthrough James II hardly an invasion.

[jno]

William brought 35,000 men with him. That's an invasion in anyone's language

[ToraToraTora]

he and the British fought together.

[jno]

against non-British?

[youngmafbog]

How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

Unfortunately we dont know!

What a spanner Barnier is, and spinless May still pampers to him.

[ToraToraTora]

history is not a secret jno, leave your anti British cloak at the door and enter.

[ToraToraTora]

yeah YMB, what a pity TGL isn't dealing with these popinjays she'd flush little tawts like barmpot down the digeridoo!

[ToraToraTora]

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." —General George S. Patton"

[Jackdaw33]

Invasion signifies hostility. William of Orange was invited to England and welcomed with open arms.

[jim360]

Probably not by James II, though :P

I'm not sure what's anti-British about bringing it up. The Glorious Revolution was a Coup d'Etat, at the very least, but rather an important one and, in retrospect, a welcome one too.

[ToraToraTora]

quite JD but the anti British like jno et al will use anything to denigrate us because they are annoyed about brexit.

[ToraToraTora]

jim bringing it up is not anti British but painting it as some sort of failing like jno always does is.

[jim360]

Meanwhile, the "French can't fight" revisionism continues apace...

You can't give it out if you can't take it :P

[ToraToraTora]

i'll take it when it's real not manufactured by anti British popinjays.

[jno]

just pointing out to all those sneering at the French for failing to resist invasion that Britain's own record isn't as glorious as they pretend. Open arms? Try asking the Scots and Irish. The whole thing was done in the name of religious intolerance; how British is that?

[ToraToraTora]

so you had to go back nearly 400 years to find a case that wasn't even a case! How desperate are you to denigrate us?

[jno]

like I said - last full-scale invasion of England, and England lost.

[ToraToraTora]

what do you call 100,000 frenchmen with their arms up? - The army!

[jim360]

What do you call 40,000 Frenchman with their arms up?

The Rearguard who helped protect the defensive line that allowed the bulk of British forces to escape from Dunkirk in 1940.