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Not their ambassador to the UK though: > French foreign minister says France didn't recall the British ambassador over the AUKUS row because France is familiar
by throw0101a 5y ago
Not their ambassador to the UK though:
> French foreign minister says France didn't recall the British ambassador over the AUKUS row because France is familiar with the UK's "permanent opportunism" and said Boris Johnson was the "fifth wheel on the carriage".
* https://twitter.com/kimwillsher1/status/1439294035357749257 https://twitter.com/kimwillsher1/status/1439294035357749257
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- enkid 5y agoSo basically they dislike the UK enough it didn't change their opinion of them.
- fmajid 5y agoBAE (f.k.a British Aerospace) said on the day of the AUKUS announcement it is prepared to participate. That doesn't sound like a company that has been closely involved in the negotiations. In all likelihood the Australians will pick US Virginia-class subs off the shelf, not made in Australia and not the (excellent) British Astute-class subs, because the US doesn't normally let junior partners get the spoils, only crumbs. For instance when the US organized the 1953 coup that overthrew the Mossadegh government in Iran at the British' request, the Anglo-Iranian oil company was replaced with a consortium of US and European oil companies, with the British getting less than the would have had if they had accepted Mossadegh's most maximalist plan).
- funshed 5y agoI don't think they will, UK (in parliament) was clear its in the thing to let AUS fund development of a New SUB. Then use those works to develop its next generation. I'm sure US is happy for AUS to establish a 2021 blueprint they can improve on.
- BrianHenryIE 5y agoThe term for it: > "Perfidious Albion" is a pejorative phrase used within the context of international relations diplomacy to refer to acts of diplomatic sleights, duplicity, treachery and hence infidelity (with respect to perceived promises made to or alliances formed with other nation states) by monarchs or governments of the United Kingdom in their pursuit of self-interest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion And as said in Ireland, "the Brits are at it again".