French elections: First Round Open Thread | 37 comments (37 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

History has a long decay time (4.00 / 2)

#Macron v #LePen support base is largely along 12thC Plantaganet/Angevin Empire v French Kingdom lines... pic.twitter.com/uzL9zd5Vsm
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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 24th, 2017 at 06:20:12 PM EST

Re: History has a long decay time (4.00 / 2)

The Brits were always in favour of a united Europe - so long as they ruled it!

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Apr 24th, 2017 at 06:28:05 PM EST
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Oh I see. The Plantagenets were actually proto-Blairites!

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- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed Apr 26th, 2017 at 06:03:08 PM EST
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Re: History has a long decay time (none / 0)

As in royalist war-mongers?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Apr 26th, 2017 at 06:37:16 PM EST
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French elections: First Round Open Thread | 37 comments (37 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)