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<blockquote data-quote="Bada-Bing!" data-source="post: 997671" data-attributes="member: 70552"><p>Yeah Germany and Japan didn't get stuck in their past like we have.</p><p></p><p>Britain getting hit after the war as it spent so much on the war effort and had to go to the USA with begging bowl via Keynes; a debt not paid off until 2006, with the interest charged and USA demanding relaxation of exchange controls.</p><p></p><p>But also due to the loss of the British Empire, meant our resources becoming depleted and no longer rely on it. Hence why we had to eventually join the common market, but delayed until De Gaulle was no longer French President as he kept blocking UK's entry. It turned out he was right to; saying UK was never European and more closely tied to USA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bada-Bing!, post: 997671, member: 70552"] Yeah Germany and Japan didn’t get stuck in their past like we have. Britain getting hit after the war as it spent so much on the war effort and had to go to the USA with begging bowl via Keynes; a debt not paid off until 2006, with the interest charged and USA demanding relaxation of exchange controls. But also due to the loss of the British Empire, meant our resources becoming depleted and no longer rely on it. Hence why we had to eventually join the common market, but delayed until De Gaulle was no longer French President as he kept blocking UK’s entry. It turned out he was right to; saying UK was never European and more closely tied to USA. [/QUOTE]
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