Why is Britain so great?

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  1. Red Adair

    Red Adair Well-Known Member

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    I’m not giving you a popcorn moment
    Read into it what you want.
     
    Red Adair, Nov 25, 2020
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    Off the top of my head
    TV
    Telephone
    Penicillin
    Jet Engine
    Internet
    Steam Engine
    Steel
    Cat's eyes
    Hovercraft
    Light bulb
    Matches
     
    Simon De Montforte, Nov 25, 2020
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    Why do we want to run ourselves down like this? I understand being self critical and critical of our leaders for the greater good, but I refuse to adopt the narrative of mocking ourselves and our country at every turn.
     
    MPM, Nov 25, 2020
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    Well the creation of the NHS is something truly for our nation to be called great. Shamefully there are those who would gladly see it’s privatisation
     
    Tarntyke, Nov 25, 2020
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    Tarntyke Well-Known Member

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    Suit yourself
     
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    Barnsley, Boo Radleys, Beatles... all the best British things start with B :p
     
    Tomi, Nov 25, 2020
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    :)
     
    Red Adair, Nov 25, 2020
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    e) definitely.:D
    On a serious note, the NHS.
     
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    Sice Boo and the Radleys.

    doing gigs next year without Martin Carr. Should still be alright
     
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    There’s a lot to be proud of but the obsession with nostalgia and rewriting of history when it suits is not one of them.
     
    Dalestykes, Nov 25, 2020
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    I think its great that a Brit invented the WWW and had the great vision to make it universal rather than try and grab money for it just like Fleming and penicillin
     
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    Wow, I didn't expect anyone in here to actually know something like this! :D
    It'll be weird without Martin Carr, the man's a genius so I sure hope that they'll convince him to join somehow, but he's quite a character and I doubt that he'll change his mind.
     
    Tomi, Nov 25, 2020
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    Yes I think that's about right. Myths are created to form a national story that hides much of what happened.
     
    StatisTYKE, Nov 25, 2020
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    I would have thought ask all imagrants illegal or political travelling through loads of safe countries risking there lives what makes Britain great
     
    redtail67, Nov 25, 2020
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    Thought the thread was abart r right back
     
    RedKen-dal, Nov 25, 2020
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    I doubt he’ll be involved but still, I saw sice twice last year and enjoyed it, should be really good with the majority of the band back
     
    pompey_red, Nov 25, 2020
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    Well the vast majority of them stay elsewhere, so not sure what your point is.

    Add to that the millions of Brits who choose not to live here, and your point seems a little moot.
     
    Donny-Red, Nov 25, 2020
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