#Perfidious Albion

[theculturedmarxist]

[aspiringbelle]

History repeats.

The Cass Report will rank up there with the Hutton and Butler Reports.

In 1988, ACT UP protested the FDA withholding HIV treatment due to requiring unethical double-blind studies of medication they already knew worked.

In 2024, trans activists protested promoters of an NHS-funded report requiring unethical double-blind studies of medication they already knew worked.

[aspiringbelle]

I hope Trump gets bankrupted in his lawsuits, and jailed for his real high crimes....

But I hope he bankrupts Christopher Steele and his spy allies first.

[almondemotion]

The King and I

Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves, or it did, once upon a time, now it is just a place of Brexit and declining influence.

I am worried about next weekend. It is the coronation of King Charles. I gather he is the third. I restrained myself when the Queen died, she did, after all, die, and it is never great to celebrate someone’s passing. I put to one side all my thoughts about the crown and colonialism, all the badness that is inherent in the English aristocracy – the landowners, the men in Burberry Range Rovers,…

[bardoftara]

History Always Rhymes

I’ve been informed lately, And I cannot understand, Why someone who lives in England, Wants to put me off my land! So I gotta write about it, And put it in a poem, Why should that English person want, To evict me from my home? (more…)

[aspiringbelle]

Much like previous whitewash reports from the UK, this report falls apart under scrutiny.

[olympeline]

So can we agree “Perfidious Albion” was the time Francis called Arthur a huge slut and then got all of Europe to go along with it

[thelastofthebookworms]

My almost 4 year old niece pointed at a statue and told my Dad she recognized it for Joan of Arc when they were visiting a church, that it was "the queen of the English" and my father almost had a stroke

[aspiringbelle]

So Sunak wants to destroy British Democracy (such as it is) in fear of the people who are upset about the mismanagement of the UK, the draconian security state, the support of the genocidal wars in Gaza and Donbass, and the recent election of one of the politicians most hated by the establishment.

And Keir Starmer is taking Sunak's side.

[aspiringbelle]

Starmer is only getting votes because the Tories are so disastrous.

Hang on, I thought there was no magic money tree!

[catsnuggler]

How different would history be if Albion wasn't Perfidious? 🤔

[tomluongo]

Joaquin Flores joins me for a look at the historical importance of Serbia leading into the current version of the conflict between Albanians and Serbs over Kosovo. This has been a thorn in everyone's side for decades and something that is imperative we have a clear-headed view of as the battle for Eastern Europe heats up again in the Balkans. Joaquin on Telegram -- New Resistance

[hedgehog-moss]

Forgive me for making yet another post about the French Revolution but one small detail that makes me laugh is when, as things started to go seriously wrong, one of Louis XVI's advisers tried to persuade him & Marie-Antoinette to get away from Paris and wait for things to calm down (the idea was "if you lay low and wait, the newly-created National Assembly will vote something stupid and lose popular support" which was a solid plan honestly.) But he was also like "whatever you do, DO NOT go East or South or people will think you'll get help from other monarchies to restore your power and that won't calm things down"

So the King was advised to flee to Normandy, which... is just a short ferry ride away from another monarchy. But that's completely different since it's England. To be fair to the English, the French monarchy had basically bankrupted itself a few years back to send millions in support of the American revolutionaries because it would be a shame not to take advantage of "perhaps the best opportunity for centuries to come to put England in its place" (actual quote by France's minister of Foreign Affairs in 1777)

—still I love the realistic approach of the King's adviser telling him, Sire you can't go near any of our borders rn, it'll escalate the situation, Parisians will know you're trying to get another country to help. Obviously you can go set up camp right across the sea from England though, that's fine since everyone knows the English wouldn't piss on us if we were on fire¹

¹ Perfidious Albion was like "aw no France is in turmoil and possibly weakened :) a shame :)" exactly like France re: them at the start of the US independence war ² they also thought well these backward french are finally following our glorious example and entering civilisation (parliamentary monarchy) ³ and only when the Girondins started being like "let's spread the French Revolution to the whole universe!!! or at least Belgium" did England finally decide "it's been a while since we last declared war on France actually" (but it was too late for Louis XVI) ⁴ That's not how footnotes work sorry. Trying to make my post look fancier

[aspiringbelle]

And given how they have interfered against Jefferson, Cleveland, Henry Wallace, Bill Clinton, Trump, and Sanders (And I have the receipts), it's poetic justice!

UK growth is likely to be halved by Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential race if goes on to impose the swingeing new tariffs he has threatened, a leading thinktank has warned.

I support tariffs now

[aspiringbelle]

The UK is opposed to two wars for freedom- Donbass and Gaza. In both situations, they are on the side of the occupiers.

[olympeline]

When it comes to FrUK, I tend to be meaner to Arthur. So let’s switch things up and be mean to Francis for a change! For equality 😘

Picture, Francis: country of love and romance, who teases, charms, flirts, presses kisses to hands, and whispers sweet nothings, but never goes further. Never starts relationships and gently pushes away anyone who tries. He doesn’t want to because he’s been in love for centuries. With, of course, his eternal rival across the channel. It started with Arthur having a one-sided crush on Francis when they were kids, but then they grew up and the interest reversed. Now it’s Francis pining over Arthur who seems to feel nothing but contempt for him. Which is shitty for Francis in many ways but sucks extra hard because Arthur is well into his Perfidious Albion persona by this point.

Unlike Francis, who flirts but won’t ever go further than kisses, Arthur is free loving all over everyone like a rash. Perfidious can translate as “faithless” and yep, thaaaat’s Arthur: kind of a ho, lol. He’ll go with anyone, and I mean anyone. Nation-people, humans, fae, anyone who shows interest. Anyone, that is, except his eternal rival across the channel. Francis pretends not to care when the other nations gossip about Arthur’s latest conquests, but inside he cares. A lot. But what can he do? Arthur hates him more than anything. He never responds to Francis’s flirting with anything other than aggression. Francis and Francis alone can’t get the time of day from Europe’s erotic ambassador, much less get into his pants. Crushing. Arthur must hate him so much. Francis belives this wholeheartedly and has resigned himself to a life alone. Playing the role of Arthur’s enemy. If he can’t have the man he’s in love with, then he doesn’t want anyone else. If for no other reason than Francis is kindhearted when it comes to love. It wouldn’t be fair to doom a partner to a life of eternal second best.

This goes on for centuries. Arthur collects notches from anything that moves, Francis puts on a flippant front but pines away inside. Then, one day, Arthur gets really drunk at a bar in France. Francis is called to come get him and he drags Arthur back to his home in Paris. Arthur is depressed about something and drunker than usual. Francis tries to make him lie down and sleep it off, only to get the shock of his life when Arthur lunges up and attempts to kiss him. Then spills his guts and tells Francis that he’s in love with him. Him and only him. Truly, madly, deeply. He never stopped being in love with Francis, actually. Arthur - pessimist he is - ached but gave up on Francis early. Thought that Francis’s flirting didn’t mean anything because Francis flirted with everyone only to never let them get close. Francis broke Arthur’s heart when they were kids, though he didn’t realise it at the time. So Arthur kept him at arms length ever since and tried to fill the void with meaningless sex.

Francis is…well, he just got the shock of the millennium. Arthur passes out while he’s still trying to take it in. Then the penny drops and Francis is ecstatic and melodramatic and happy crying everywhere because his feelings are returned! His broken heart healed! It’s a miracle! Now he and Arthur can be together at last. Seems great, right? But wait, wasn’t this post supposed to be mean to Francis? Hehe, we’re not done yet, dear reader.

When Arthur wakes up the next day, he’s forgotten everything. Forgotten the kiss, forgotten his entire confession. A night’s worth of memories dissolved away to nothing in cheap French wine. Not only that, he realises where he is and jumps out the window in spite of his hangover. Escaping while Francis is distracted cooking them the best breakfast he’s ever made. So poor Francis got the confession he always longed for and thought was impossible…and it’s immediately meaningless. Francis now knows Arthur loves him back (he’s nothing but totally honest when he’s that drunk) but good luck getting Arthur to admit it. He’s spun himself a nice, comfy little web of denial over the last few centuries. Francis making crazy claims about love confessions and telling Arthur he loves him back is just more dirty tactics from an enemy trying to throw him off balance. Riiiight? Well, Arthur Bloody Kirkland won’t fall for it! Not a chance!

Francis: It’s the truth, Angleterre! You told me you love me!

Arthur: Fuck you, frog! I would never! *Flounces off to have pirate sex with Antonio*

Francis: *Internal screaming*

They get a happy ending eventually