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Simultaneously annoying both China and the French, the British foreign office must be terribly pleased with this new partnership.
by Tsiklon 5y ago
Simultaneously annoying both China and the French, the British foreign office must be terribly pleased with this new partnership.
- ksec 5y agoIt's just like Old Times. Edit: To all the downvote. The line which OP used and my reply are reference to Yes Minister.
- roel_v 5y agoI'm cackling behind my desk here as I imagine some British bureaucrats gleefully hopping in their chairs as they drink tea with their pinkies up, round spectabled, shouting "well done chaps" to each other.
- markus_zhang 5y agoBut isn't France our allies?
- dragonwriter 5y ago> But isn't France our allies? Geopolitics isn't a simple binary alignment of fully-aligned teams. Is France our ally? Yes. Is France our rival for arms sales, especially to our other allies? Also, yes.
- markus_zhang 5y agoJust trying to echo Mr. Hacker