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Title: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Richie London on 04 April 2010, 20:34:41
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263468/Eurocrats-want-spend-1-1m-changing-English-Channels-Le-Pond.html?ITO=1708&referrer=yahoo

Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Plomien on 04 April 2010, 20:37:35
they can F%^$ right off
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Richie London on 04 April 2010, 20:38:44
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they can F%^$ right off


the best part is, WE! have to pay for it.  >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: tunnie on 04 April 2010, 20:39:29
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they can F%^$ right off

 :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Gaffers on 04 April 2010, 20:43:55
What a waste of money!  The french call it 'La Manche' (the sleeve) and always will!
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Del Boy on 04 April 2010, 20:55:28
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they can F%^$ right off
My thoughts exactly.
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Cliffo B on 05 April 2010, 03:15:59
They need to leave it English. :-X Then we can feel able to cross over for a third time to get them out of the deep brown stuff  ;D :y
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Pitchfork on 05 April 2010, 11:40:58
It just had to be in the Daily Mail didn't it!! :D
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 05 April 2010, 11:47:22
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It just had to be in the Daily Mail didn't it!! :D


Yes!  Says it all!! ::) ::) ::) ;)

What a load of tosh! ;)
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Nickbat on 05 April 2010, 11:59:27
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It just had to be in the Daily Mail didn't it!! :D


Yes!  Says it all!! ::) ::) ::) ;)

What a load of tosh!
;)

"The Tories accused the Government of backing plans to erase Britain's history.

Communities spokesman Caroline Spelman said: 'Labour ministers have already sought to replace England and its shires with government office regions.

'Now British taxpayers' money is being used literally to wipe our nation off the map, erase 1,000 years of history and downgrade the English Channel to the insulting status of a pond."


So you wouldn't vote for the Tory spokesman, Caroline Spelman, then.  ::) ::) ;)
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Banjax on 05 April 2010, 12:02:30
 ;D ;D ;D ;D four days late Mail, unless you picked it up from a "source" on the first and actually believed them  ;) brilliant....hang on - i'm just going to nip out and pick up a copy - you forget how the simple things in life make you happy  :y
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 05 April 2010, 12:03:00
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It just had to be in the Daily Mail didn't it!! :D


Yes!  Says it all!! ::) ::) ::) ;)

What a load of tosh!
;)

"The Tories accused the Government of backing plans to erase Britain's history.

Communities spokesman Caroline Spelman said: 'Labour ministers have already sought to replace England and its shires with government office regions.

'Now British taxpayers' money is being used literally to wipe our nation off the map, erase 1,000 years of history and downgrade the English Channel to the insulting status of a pond."


So you wouldn't vote for the Tory spokesman, Caroline Spelman, then.  ::) ::) ;)



It is all tosh and a distraction away from the crucial political battle about to really commence when the GE is announced (this week?).  Even my Tories can use such tosh to their advantage, but it is all an irrelevant side show involving implausible stories with no long term worth! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: albitz on 05 April 2010, 18:48:39
Ties in with the EU plan a few years ago to include the south of England in the same region as northern France,Ireland and a coupleof other EU countries. The rest of GB was planned to be included in a different region altogether.
A cynical person would accuse the Germans and the French of having a chip on their shoulder regarding the British in general and English in particular. ::)
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: PhilRich on 05 April 2010, 19:36:38
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Ties in with the EU plan a few years ago to include the south of England in the same region as northern France,Ireland and a coupleof other EU countries. The rest of GB was planned to be included in a different region altogether.
A cynical person would accuse the Germans and the French of having a chip on their shoulder regarding the British in general and English in particular. ::)
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Well we could always play 'best of three' as a decider?  ::);D ;D ;)
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: doog on 05 April 2010, 20:03:16
We could rename it the " British Channel"
Title: Re: re naming of the english channel
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 April 2010, 21:01:56
How about we completely ignore their regioning and carry on as we are?