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the auld alliance

Tensions are running high between France and England what with devious rosbif David Cameron sabotaging the European Union budget upon which so many French farmers rely for a livelihood.

And the froggie food manufacturers retaliating by insinuating horse meat into British lasagne.

In the old days it would have been enough to start a war. There has been no Anglo-French conflict since Waterloo. A proper war would be quite difficult to arrange since the two countries plan to share aircraft carriers and would have to take turns to attack each other.

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