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The reason why Bond works so well here is that it goes further than just sex and violence: it's sex, sadism and snobbery, which explains precisely why it's so intoxicating to us Brits. (View Post)

I wonder if some of it is down to it just being badly cooked or prepared, like British vegetables used to be boiled to death. I had some awful mackerel and haddock back in the day but prepared proper… (View Post)

One of the only positives of Henry VIII was that it laid the foundations for the early modern state with centralised institutions like the Royal Navy, armouries and Church of England. He was a brutal… (View Post)

The biggest problem with our fishing industry is that Brits don't eat fish (yes, I know fish & chips but thats peripheral and doesn't even really come from British waters) , unlike the French and… (View Post)

This is my takeaway: I don't think countries like France or the UK are broken, but they are becoming increasingly difficult for an ordinary person to live a pleasant live within. A family of four don… (View Post)