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# It was cos of the fucking French and having to fight two wars at once
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 13:43, archived)
# we did burn down most of their cities though
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Tripps is your taxloss lover from Liverpool, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 13:45, archived)
# I like the story of Harry Smith's 2nd Battalion 95th Rifles from the War of 1812.
They burst in to the Whitehouse and found it deserted and a banquet laid out ready. So, being soldiers, they sat down and started tucking in as the place burnt around them.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 13:50, archived)
# nice
dinner and a show
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Tripps is your taxloss lover from Liverpool, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 13:54, archived)
# Yeah, but it was no great loss.
The American colonies cost us far more to garrison with troops than we made in taxes. We should have just let them go without a fight. Now if we can get rid of Wales and Scotland we'd be laughing.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 13:51, archived)
# I can understand England holding onto Scotland when they had oil
but Wales???
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 14:13, archived)
# coal
and cheese on toast
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Tripps is your taxloss lover from Liverpool, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 14:14, archived)
# Scotland doesn't have oil.
England has oil, since England has a navy and Scotland doesn't.

The Scottish deficit is about £15billion now. That's £5billion more than the North Sea oil industry generates.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 14:57, archived)