[Pete L]

A timely reminder of a thousand year old crisis (and what felt like 1000 years of debate):

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2021/01/04/eu-gone-but-the-bloody-normans-are-still-here/

I thought it was worth it for "ersatz Vikings" alone.

[kanga]

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I thought it was worth it for "ersatz Vikings" alone.

.. this appealed to me, having a Norman surname

[but the name could reflect descent from Anglo-Saxon or Celtic serfs or bastards of the Norman overlord, of course ]

[akg1486]

The article only mentioned the Norman upper-class and not the German royal family.

Make the UK great again: elect a Prime Minister called Ethelred or Ælfstan.

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[Charles Hunt]

State of my back I couldn't get it off it's side stand (never mind centre stand) at the moment.

But it's OK

I'm fine. (As explained to me by the local lady of the manor.) F'ed up, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional..

[kanga]

The article only mentioned the Norman upper-class and not the German royal family.

Make the UK great again: elect a Prime Minister called Ethelred or Ælfstan.

That would be appropiate for one of the Saxon Kingdoms eg Wessex; hardly for UK .. but first ruler of all the 'English' was Aethelflaed, regarded as a local lass here in Gloucestershire (on border of Wessex and Mercia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelfl%C3%A6d

Soon after the fall of Communism, the Bulgarians did elect their Pretender to the Throne as Prime Minister

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

[cockney steve]

Old joke resurrected, younger readers may not understand the references

What did William the Conqueror and Jeremy Thorpe have in common.?




A. They were both F'ing Normans

[Iceman]

As a young lad, growing up in Minehead, West Somerset, I remember Thorpe’s court case there sometime in the 70s. I’ve just read that it was 78 on charges of conspiracy to murder.

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[cockney steve]

^^^^^^^^ Private Eye did their electioneering spoof as usual.........."Vote Liberal, or we'll shoot your dog"

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[kanga]

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What did William the Conqueror and Jeremy Thorpe have in common.?

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<politics nerd >

Q: What do Boris Johnson and Jeremy Thorpe have in common.?

A: they are the last national leaders of their national Parties to be Etonians

[humour or speculation potential .. .. ever ? So far ? .. .. or other answers may suggest themselves to Forumites, but possibly not appropriate to post here ]

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