@SoundOfAGoddard@scoutedrugby Building a team around a single player seems a bit backward especially when that player is in a team that is underperforming, granted they have improved so far this season.
@SoundOfAGoddard@scoutedrugby It’s not in Englands DNA, we’re not the All Blacks and I don’t think we’ll ever be the All Blacks. We’re not a loose playing team, our game is built on big forward pack and set piece dominance.
11th November 1920 – The Cenotaph Unveiled in Whitehall, London 🇬🇧
On this day in 1920, King George V unveiled the Cenotaph in Whitehall, exactly two years after the Armistice ended the fighting on the Western Front.
Originally erected as a temporary memorial for the Peace Day celebrations of 1919, the Cenotaph became so important to the British public that a permanent monument was commissioned, built from Portland stone and designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
At 11 a.m., King George V unveiled the memorial as Britain fell silent for two minutes. Nearby stood the coffin of the Unknown Warrior, which would later be carried to Westminster Abbey for burial.
The word Cenotaph means "empty tomb", honouring those who died far from home, many without a known grave.
Bearing the inscription "THE GLORIOUS DEAD", the Cenotaph has remained the centre of Britain's national remembrance for more than a century.
A monument to the men who fought, suffered and died for their country. Their sacrifice must never be forgotten 🇬🇧
This is what the British Isles looked like over 1,100 years ago, around 920 AD, during the Viking Age.
What’s fascinating is how different Britain was from the country we recognize today.
England had not yet been fully united into a single kingdom. Scotland was still developing as a kingdom, Wales was divided among several rulers, and Ireland consisted of competing Gaelic kingdoms alongside Viking settlements.
The Vikings weren’t just raiding coastal villages anymore. They had established towns, trading centers, and kingdoms of their own, including the powerful Viking kingdom centered in York.
Consider what had NOT happened yet:
The Norman Conquest of England was still 146 years away.
• William the Conqueror had not been born.
• The famous medieval stone castles that would later dominate the English countryside had largely not been built.
• The English language was still Old English, with major Norse influences developing.
• The Magna Carta was nearly 300 years away.
• The Black Death was more than 400 years away.
• The United Kingdom was still centuries from existence.
For ordinary people, life revolved around farming, raising livestock, small settlements, local markets, and the changing seasons. Most people lived in rural communities, while towns such as London, York, and Dublin were important centers of trade.
Christianity was already deeply established throughout much of the British Isles, although some Scandinavian settlers still practiced their ancestral religions or were in the process of converting.
And within just seven years of this map, in 927 AD, King Æthelstan would capture York and establish direct rule over the territories generally recognized as the first unified Kingdom of England. English Heritage +3
It’s remarkable how much history happened on these islands before England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland developed into the political entities we recognize today.
@northernlass_26 Rapid demographic change only ends one way though so yes we do need to preserve our history, our ancestry, our culture, our people 🏴🇬🇧
@northernlass_26 I’m with you 👊🏼
But! English people are made up of immigrants, the Ancient Britons are the indigenous people.
England is a mix of Ancient Britons,German,Scandinavian, Roman,French. The list goes on, from years of conquests. England has evolved.
I’m English and Proud.
@davidkurten I would say English is indigenous.
But 1000 years ago when King Aethelstan fulfilled King Alfred’s vision of one England, England was made up of Celtic Britons, Romans, Saxons, Vikings. Normans followed shortly after so only the Britons were indigenous and the race evolved.
@s29myb@StevenScrase@trawlerhorse Yes! Why is this so hard to compute with these Restorers?
FFS let get in the only real opposition to the Uniparty first then let's see what happens.
This is the reason Restore will not get into power in this election cycle. And if you think they can then you need to give your head a wobble.
The FPTP system makes radical political change difficult to achieve.
It takes time.
#ReformUK#RestoreBritain