* Romania Reacts.
The Romanians, a bit peeved at all the bad publicity they've been getting in Britain, have reacted by describing Britain (my paraphrase) as an immoral cess pit no one in their right mind would want to go to. They then described us as 'perfideous Albion'. This was a bit of a surprise and a blast from the past. I was under the impression that the Romanians were a nation of gypsies everyone of which was currently in a massive wagon train on their way here. Their arrival to coincide with the date of their entry into the EU. The image I had in my head of gold-toothed gypsies grinning as they held knives to the throats of virginal English womanhood instantly changed. 'Perfideous Albion!?'. I now saw Romanians sat in their drinking establishments singing IRA songs, such as 'the foggy dew' with gusto,
of course, this description of Britain no longer applies. This was a common Irish description of England in the days when as a matter of policy, we would establish diplomatic approaches to some country and then suddenly accuse them of acting against British interests (such as supplying succour and weapons to our enemies) under this pretext we would invade, massacre a specific section of the population to cause bad feeling between two sections of the country (divide and rule policy) and then rob them blind. I can think of no event since WWII that resembles this type of action.
It is often quoted that during WWII the American Churchill offered the Irish Northern Ireland back if they would abandon their neutral position and join in on the English side. This is often portrayed as a lost opportunity by the Irish.
In all probability
A) The Irish didn't believe a word.
B) Asked the English if the Northern Irish Protestants had been told.
C) Foresaw the scenario intended by the Yankee Churchill that :
. The Irish army moves into NI.
. Riots, burnings, killings breakout.
. English soldiers arrive to restore order.
. Irish soldiers depart.
. NI back in the UK again.
As all right thinking men can see 'perfideous Albion' no longer applies and the Romanians should apologise for the use of this term.