tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post2957661449494436226..comments2023-11-03T07:23:30.909-05:00Comments on The Monarchist 2.0: France and UK considered merging, sharing QueenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-51557841334671840612007-02-06T22:06:00.000-05:002007-02-06T22:06:00.000-05:00There would be too many good Frenchmen - whether R...There would be too many good Frenchmen - whether Reds, Gaullists or sons of the Vendee and the King - who would have taken up arms against Paris for such an idea.<br /><br />Good for England that they said "No".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-2508793547029167172007-01-16T23:10:00.000-05:002007-01-16T23:10:00.000-05:00Not only was it not a discussion, but the Prime Mi...Not only was it not a discussion, but the Prime Minister appears to be a total whack-job, making an absurd demand completely unilaterally from the president, and the rest of the French government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-15283501573916781302007-01-16T17:18:00.000-05:002007-01-16T17:18:00.000-05:00what happened to the pic?what happened to the pic?mrcawphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762566258901538306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-19395687951615969492007-01-16T06:17:00.000-05:002007-01-16T06:17:00.000-05:00It wasn't really a discussion, France asked and we...It wasn't really a discussion, France asked and we said 'Non'.<br /><br />http://england-is-cool.blogspot.com/Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744349927932203881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-91624120302475551762007-01-15T17:35:00.000-05:002007-01-15T17:35:00.000-05:00What's fascinating too is the story of that postag...What's fascinating too is the story of that postage stamp- comissioned in 1940 before the fall of France when Churchill first muted the idea.Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-7919415663647702152007-01-15T17:25:00.000-05:002007-01-15T17:25:00.000-05:00At least we would have got Calais back (still one ...At least we would have got Calais back (still one of the most English pieces of another country I have ever come across).mrcawphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762566258901538306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-84217685245073894492007-01-15T10:08:00.000-05:002007-01-15T10:08:00.000-05:00Fascinating. There's certainly a long history ther...Fascinating. There's certainly a long history there, going back to the Hundred Year's War. It would have been interesting to see the bi-national political structure that would have come with such a move, and would have been hugely supported by French Canadians, I would think, who have always dreamed of their own Anglo-Franco bi-national state.The Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362198840081512460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-11691665120687581742007-01-15T09:11:00.000-05:002007-01-15T09:11:00.000-05:00Well, I think it would have been preferable to wha...Well, I think it would have been preferable to what we have now. Instead of sharing our Government solely with France, we now share it with Belgium, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania (along with 22 other former nations of Europe).Dundonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655484268263802776noreply@blogger.com