Things that still make Britain great

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22 November 2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Martin2005

On what basis would you say we were great?

The amount of inventions that came out of the UK?
The skills we exported?
The way we saved the *rsehole of Europe, not once, but twice?

All that in the 20th century alone.

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22 November 2012, 08:57 PM

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22 November 2012, 09:02 PM

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22 November 2012, 09:39 PM

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Industrial revolution.

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22 November 2012, 10:32 PM

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Our sense of humour

Our sense of fair play (this is a strength and weakness)

Our lack of corruption (compared to many countries)

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22 November 2012, 11:45 PM

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we are great at Invading (other countries...) !!

apart from that --

Legal system (used/copied by many others)

Diplomacy (during the Falklands war an american senator was quoted as saying - Great Britain was a 'Micky Mouse' country with a 'Rolls Royce' diplomatic service..... -- as we ran rings around the UN...)

BBC

Literature

Sense of Fair Play