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Peter Grimes
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« on: 15:14:33, 28-08-2008 »
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/notes-on-a-small-island-the-things-that-really-make-britain-great-910558.html

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« Reply #1 on: 15:21:12, 28-08-2008 »
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« Reply #2 on: 15:33:37, 28-08-2008 »
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« Reply #3 on: 15:37:20, 28-08-2008 »
I assume that Great Britain is a geographic term referring to the largest island of the British archipelago.  It is larger than the Isle of Wight.

It is also bigger than Ireland, but in Diarmid Maculloch's excellent book on the Reformation I read recently he referred to the Atlantic Isles rather than the British Isles.  That seems to add problems - what would Spain think of us taking over the Canaries as well as Gibralter.
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« Reply #4 on: 16:30:27, 28-08-2008 »
There is apparently a dislike in Ireland of the inclusion of island in the British Isles - some see it as perpetuating British hegemony over Ireland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_naming_dispute
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« Reply #5 on: 16:38:18, 28-08-2008 »
Having recently travelled in eastern Europe, I have revised upward my opinion of my home country.

The greatest thing about Britain is that it has never existed under a modern form of tyrannical government.  And I hope it never does so in future.
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« Reply #6 on: 17:09:43, 28-08-2008 »
Quote from: Swan_Knight on 16:38:18, 28-08-2008
The greatest thing about Britain is that it has never existed under a modern form of tyrannical government. 

Although it cheerfully partmers and assists them...  Sad
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« Reply #7 on: 21:38:04, 28-08-2008 »
Quote from: Swan_Knight on 16:38:18, 28-08-2008
Having recently travelled in eastern Europe, I have revised upward my opinion of my home country.

I'm afraid the effect of my frequent travels in Western Europe - especially to Germany, Austria and Scandinavia - is precisely the opposite. Sad
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