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Thread: Oh for the record.Last night's University Challenge

  1. #31
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Hmmm. Looked at from another perspective, we were the only thing that stopped them slaughtering one another for 200 years.
    Exactly. So why did we leave?

    Big mistake for all concerned.

  2. #32
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    Exactly. So why did we leave?

    Big mistake for all concerned.
    Because the Americans had us by the balls and were squeezing to ensure we dismantled the empire as quickly as humanly possible.

  3. #33
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Because the Americans had us by the balls and were squeezing to ensure we dismantled the empire as quickly as humanly possible.
    Hmmmmmm....I think it was also no longer paying its way. The 20th century was hugely eating into the profits of empire and escalating the costs of defending it.

  4. #34
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    Hmmmmmm....I think it was also no longer paying its way. The 20th century was hugely eating into the profits of empire and escalating the costs of defending it.
    Oh, sure. We were going to leave anyway. The disastrous haste with which we did so was dictated by the yanks, though.

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