Could France Happen in the UK?

[Svartalf]

We had "gele vestjes" (yellow vest) demonstrations yesterday as well. Could not quite match France though. Only 50 turned up in Amsterdam. Here, the seat of government, they managed 25. In Arnhem there were 5.

Svarty how much are the right wing FN involved? The Dutch reporter said they were causing the damage and plenty of demonstrators wanted nothing to do with them.

Actually,j I don't know, the violent elements have not had their profile made public, so far as I can say, so I can't associate them with far right parties with any certitude. what"s sure is that the yellow vest movement feel alienated by any already existing party and wish no association with them.

[JimC]

You should go out onto the streets, Svarty, and remonstrate with them in a friendly but rational way...

[Svartalf]

You should go out onto the streets, Svarty, and remonstrate with them in a friendly but rational way...

They are not reasonable, and I can't associate with those yahoos.

[Svartalf]

actually, it wasn't France, it was Normandy, even if they spoke French... interestingly enough , I once saw an edict of Edward III, it was written in Southern French dialect (Tongue of Oc, like in his Gascon holdings) rather than Northers (Tongue of Oil, as would be spoken in Normandy)

William was a descendant of Rollo, Duke of Normandy, who was a viking. Those vikings got around, eh?

There is no evidence that Rollo was the brother of Ragnar, as shown in the TV series. There's not really any historical evidence of Ragnar other than the sagas.

Actually, there's strong evidence that Rollo and Ragnar were unrelated, Ragnar is associated with a siege of Paris in 845, Rollo with a treaty dated from 911... a full 60 years later... and yeah, there's not even proof that the 'ragnar' associated with the 845 even was really Ragnar Lodbrok... for all we known, that character is pure legend, heck, his saga is classified as a legendary saga.

[rainbow]

They did it once already, in 1066.

And 2011