cannedheat
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Keep it up GAFFERKNOWSBEST you have the NSC Liberal luvvies backs up now.
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sunday london speacker corner
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cannedheat
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Nothing to do with your post, but your avatar is bolloxs.
Dandyman
In London village.
Bolloxs in the form of a poster issued by our government during the war.
Would you care to entertain us all with your version of which countries were actively fighting the Nazis in September 1939 and which foreign country supplied the greatest number of non-British pilots during the Battle of Britain?
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
I dont think anyone's backs are up at this - it's just bloody hilarious!
Dandyman
In London village.
Lokki 7
WSU
I think you'll find it's Germany.
clapham_gull
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Again a complete MISUNDERSTANDING of the word liberal.
Personally I defend the right of anyone to rant on at Speakers corner only to be listened to by a few ducks and the odd jogger.
Are they booked in or before the earth is flat society ?
clapham_gull
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clapham_gull
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You have to do a bit of reclaiming of England as well, I think it involves coning off bits of the park, I'm not sure.
Dandyman
In London village.
Ah, I assumed it was a recycling initiative by a group of radical Green nationalists.
clapham_gull
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Brian Fantana
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This thread is brilliant but some of things said by Gafferknowsbest are quite worrying. The fact that there are people out there with such extreme views is unnerving.
I am proud to be English and proud of our country but at the same time recognise the inherent benefits brought by multi-culturalism. Some have mentioned the food which of course is great but the main thing seems to be that people who emigrate here tend to work incredibly hard and actually do some pretty tough jobs for not a lot of money that many other people wouldn't fancy doing.
As to the terrorist element, that is just plain rubbish. Of course there are going to be a minute number of people harbouring terrorist ambitions but compared to the number of decent, hard working muslims in this country?
I am proud to be English and proud of our country but at the same time recognise the inherent benefits brought by multi-culturalism. Some have mentioned the food which of course is great but the main thing seems to be that people who emigrate here tend to work incredibly hard and actually do some pretty tough jobs for not a lot of money that many other people wouldn't fancy doing.
As to the terrorist element, that is just plain rubbish. Of course there are going to be a minute number of people harbouring terrorist ambitions but compared to the number of decent, hard working muslims in this country?
maffew
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f*** it why not. Sign me up gaffer. I love protests
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
He seems to of gone into hiding now his site has been outed as a front for the old bill
tip top
Kandidate
I think the dinner bell went to be fair.
Storer68
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Hmm countries actively fighting the Nazis in 1939
Counts us out then.
I would say that it was limited to the Poles, French, Belgians and Dutch.
All we did was put 158,000 troops into France.
British forces didn't see active service against the Germans until 1940.
After Poland fell, Germany paused to regroup during the winter while the British and French stayed on the defensive. The period was referred to by journalists as "the Phoney War" because of the inaction on both sides. In Eastern Europe, the Soviets began occupying Baltic states leading to a confrontation with Finland, a conflict which ended with land concessions to the Soviets on March 12, 1940. In early April 1940, both German and Allied forces launched nearly simultaneous operations around Norway over access to Swedish iron ore. It was a two-month campaign that resulted in complete German control of Denmark and Norway, though at a heavy cost to their surface navy. The fall of Norway led to the Norway Debate in London, which added to the call for the resignation of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who was eventually replaced by Winston Churchill. After witnessing the defeat of the Appeasement Foreign Policy, used by Britain since the 1920s, Chamberlain was in the fire to be labelled as the 'Guilty Man' when in fact he had pushed forward for most of Britain's much needed defence spending in early 1938, and can be seen as the saviour of Britain during the Battle of Britain.
On May 10, 1940, the Germans invaded France and the Low Countries. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Army advanced into Flanders and planned to fight a mobile war in the north, while maintaining a static continuous front along the Maginot Line further south. This was foiled by an unexpected German thrust through the Ardennes, splitting the Allies in two. The BEF and French forces, encircled in the north, were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo. Italy attacked France in the Alps in June 10, 1940. France, overwhelmed by the blitzkrieg, was forced to sign an armistice with Germany on June 22, 1940, leading to the direct German occupation of Paris and two-thirds of France, and the establishment of a German puppet state headquartered in south-eastern France known as Vichy France.
Bombed buildings in London during the The Blitz.With only the United Kingdom remaining as an opposing force in Europe, Germany began to prepare Operation Sealion, the invasion of Britain. Most of the British Army's heavy weapons and supplies had been lost at Dunkirk, but the Royal Navy was still stronger than the Kriegsmarine and kept control of the English Channel. The Germans then attempted to gain air superiority by destroying the Royal Air Force (RAF) using the Luftwaffe. The ensuing air war in the late summer of 1940 became known as the Battle of Britain. The Luftwaffe initially targeted RAF Fighter Command aerodromes and radar stations, but Luftwaffe Commander Hermann Göring and Hitler switched their attention towards bombing British cities, an offensive which became known as The Blitz. This diversion of resources allowed the RAF to rebuild their airbases, eventually leading Hitler to give up on his goal of establishing air superiority over the English Channel; this in turn led to the permanent postponement of Operation Sealion.
With Germany and her allies having total control of the continent, the United Kingdom and its allies settled for strategic bombing and special forces operations in mainland Europe. Many of the conquered nations formed governments in exile and military units within the United Kingdom as well as domestic resistance movements. Germany, meanwhile, fortified its position by constructing the Atlantic Wall.
The Large One
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Hmm countries actively fighting the Nazis in 1939
Counts us out then.
I would say that it was limited to the Poles...
I think that's the point Dandyman was making.