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**Chris** · 18-01-2019, 23:22

It’s a nice sentiment, but the first paragraph occurred in the 30-odd years before we joined the EU and they can still come here and enjoy a pie, a pint and a panto after we leave.

So unless this letter is somehow a coded plea for us not to leave them alone with the French, I’m unmoved ...

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In all seriousness I’m not sure what it’s meant to achieve. If they think the abandonment of Brexit is likely, or even on the table, then a very senior German politician is misreading the situation in Britain very badly indeed. If they think that Britain’s role in forcibly bringing Nazi Germany to its senses and then assisting in its post-war rehabilitation is in any way connected, in the British psyche, with our membership of the EU, then for all the affection and sentiment in their letter they really don’t understand us at all.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 36,928	Re: Brexit It’s a nice sentiment, but the first paragraph occurred in the 30-odd years before we joined the EU and they can still come here and enjoy a pie, a pint and a panto after we leave. So unless this letter is somehow a coded plea for us not to leave them alone with the French, I’m unmoved ... ---------- Post added at 23:22 ---------- Previous post was at 23:16 ---------- In all seriousness I’m not sure what it’s meant to achieve. If they think the abandonment of Brexit is likely, or even on the table, then a very senior German politician is misreading the situation in Britain very badly indeed. If they think that Britain’s role in forcibly bringing Nazi Germany to its senses and then assisting in its post-war rehabilitation is in any way connected, in the British psyche, with our membership of the EU, then for all the affection and sentiment in their letter they really don’t understand us at all.