Abandon Hope – the End is French.
Best start practising now.
“Les oiseaux bleus qui survolaient les blanches falaises de Douvres”
Part of Gordon Brown’s plan to ‘halve our budget deficit in 4 years’ has been revealed today.
The Government has hired Rothchild’s, the leading blue chip merchant bank, to advise them on the best way to get their hands on £500 million.
Where is he planning to find this £500 million – you’ll never guess.
He’s going to flog Dover to the French.
Yup, the ultimate symbol of British defiance and pride, the prize that Napoleon sought in vain, the sight that greeted weary eyes returning from battle in that brave flotilla of craft we still refer to as ‘Dunkirk’ and all that is symbolised, the icon that launched a thousand versions of Vera Lynn’s ‘There’ll be bluebirds over’ – flogged off to the French.
He’ll probably sub-let Downing Street to a one legged Afghani asylum seeker next week.
Will the British ever have enough of him?
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February 7, 2010 at 12:17 -
Hmm. Rothschilds. Tinfoil hat, anyone?
(See , passim, “New World Order”, “Lizards”, “Climate Change”, “UN”, “Common Purpose”, “9/11″, etc., etc.)
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February 7, 2010 at 12:22 -
I’ll swap my Blossom Hill Cabernet Shiraz for the 1986 Chateau LaTour
vive la difference!
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February 7, 2010 at 12:57 -
Dig a trench and tow the whole South East corner across to France as far as I am concerned.
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February 7, 2010 at 13:04 -
Not so far to go for cheap ciggies and decent wine, then?
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February 7, 2010 at 13:27 -
I wonder if this will be another sell at the bottom of the market howler like gold?
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February 7, 2010 at 15:19 -
The French have been here before, notably after 1066 where the Norman and later Angevin and Plantagenet’s kept a firm grip on Dover. One family of the early Constables were the Malmain’s, coat of arms three left hands. Almost a good one for Gordon Brown.
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February 7, 2010 at 18:24 -
Perhaps we’ll get our own ‘branch’ of Sangatte.
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February 7, 2010 at 18:53 -
In the interests of ‘togetherness’ wouldn’t it be better if Britain bought Calais? That way we could set up a big welcoming camp for people who want to move to Britain, and also start selling cut price wine for the ‘holidaymakers’.
Ah. I see.
They’d rather move some bits of Calais to Britain because the moat is a causing a bit of a problem.
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February 7, 2010 at 19:46 -
I’m all for it myself. At least I could go to England without actually going, as it were.
But I must say that Plymouth would suit me better. And France already owns Brittany Ferries. Me and the family could all have a picnic at the docks, and I could come home without leaving.
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February 7, 2010 at 21:03 -
Maybe this is Gordo’s way of saying he prefers the Channel Tunnel to the ferry.
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February 7, 2010 at 21:12 -
First thing they’ll do is move Sangatte over.
Second thing will be to let it ‘leak’.
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February 8, 2010 at 17:33 -
I can’t help thinking that Brown has missed a trick here by not including Hartlepool in his Port of Dover sale; not only would the French be assured of a unique welcome but also, if he was clever, Lord Mandelson might be able to negotiate a shiny new French ennoblement for himself to add to his showy list of titles.
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