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And just for the Francophobes (that's them wot don't like the French) amongst us - click here to read a brief history of French immigration to these shores en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_migration_to_the_United_Kingdom ('ere, I wonder how many of us have got French blood in our veins eh? )
Is this the Twilight Zone or a bad version of Facebook? I'm surprised not to be asked to say Amen too.
How about the 1605 Gunpowder Plot? Is that far enough back for you? I wonder if your ancestors were one of “these people” who had migrated to Britain by 1605?
I think the Email is spot on and i would like our country back in the form that attracted all these people here in the first place.
DM - I love this idea of yours of a Moan-In Centre in the town. But I disagree with you with regard to its funding. I think it should be paid for by those that wish to use it. After all that would be in alignment with what I perceive as being Tory philosophy which is that if you, the individual, want something then it should be paid for by you the individual and not the collective body (tax ...
Off hand I'd say terrorist bombings in the UK (post WWII) started with the IRA late 1960s and then continued until mid 1990s or so. But there could be other cases that don't come straight to mind.
When did terrorist bombings start in the uk? The Germans bombed us, but that was war not terrorism.
“We never had bombings ....” quote from majorp. Are you serious?? You need to go back over some history books or even just a quick google search to see how nonsensical that comment is.
”I pass this on as received and no comment” Yeah sure... Do you know how many Americans kill other Americans every year? Do you forget all the mass murders in the UK (bombings or other means) over the last 40 or so years? Do you not think that intolerance breeds intolerance?
It matters not to me whether it has been posted before, there maybe a different set of people viewing this fourum today than before, and may never have seen it. We never had bombings so why are we getting them now. And how many clever clogs have there been in the last twenty years. One, two or three or maybe it is more. And who was stiring up the hatred for it to happen. And the bombings ...