Yes, the British have had a problem with the French for centuries, I’m not sure what specifically may have been going on in the mid-nineteenth century (perhaps they were a bit louche for us?) but we still hate them and their socialist and intellectual ways, while spending every spare minute we have holidaying in their beautiful country, drinking their delicious wine, scoffing their tasty cheese and bemoaning the fact that we don’t have their lifestyle.

a) BRITAIN, not England, had issues with France; although granted I’m sure England hated them more, cos most of us were too busy getting f**ked over by the English – while they took our resources, kept our people in poverty, and repressed our native languages – to give much of a sh**.

b) Pre-WW1, we actually described the Napoleonic wars as ‘The Great War’ – that sh** damaged most of Europe, and, ending in 1815, was still in living memory for a lot of people in the Victorian period.

c) Britain has a looooong memory, and is still, even now, kinda sour that they kicked us out of the British/English territories in France (which were a medieval thing,) although we do have the Channel Islands. Because we tend to do that.

Also, I love your posts on this so much! XD <3