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To: wagglebee

There’s a reason why Britain was called ‘Perfidious Albion’ from days of old. That phrase is easily applied between the British government and its subjects.

“Perfidious Albion is a pejorative phrase used within the context of international relations and diplomacy to refer to acts of duplicity, treachery and hence infidelity (with respect to promises made to or alliances formed with other nation states) by monarchs or governments of Britain (or England) in their pursuit of self-interest and the requirements of realpolitik.

Perfidious signifies one who does not keep his faith or word (from the Latin word “perfidia”), while Albion is the ancient Greek name for Great Britain.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion


21 posted on 03/20/2012 5:11:35 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Scotland runs its own NHS. The Scots Gnats are responsible for this one, not HM Government. BTW, what is with your obsessive anglophobia?


23 posted on 03/20/2012 5:31:24 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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