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<blockquote data-quote="bushytop" data-source="post: 943384" data-attributes="member: 56738"><p>The Wales (& Scotland if I may be so bold) feeling that the English are the 'arch-nemesis' thing is down to two things... the first, once England found its feet as a nation, they constantly invaded us in their quest conquer and imperialise the world (it just so happened that we were closest and therefore invaded & sadly conquered <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> first and treated the Welsh to the original apartheid) and the second more recently relevant reason being that England are the 'big brother' around here... it is much the same in other smaller countries geographically close to an economic power (Canada and Mexico love to beat the USA at anything, NZ love to beat the Ozzies etc... I would assume that most of the old Soviet Union states that aren't Russia would love to beat them too).</p><p></p><p>The fact that the English put a smaller stock in beating us that we do in them is hardly surprising... we barely have a 3 million population compared to over 55 million... together with the fact that 'back in the day' we never invaded you guys and caused you any unwarranted suffering. It really isn't rocket science.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bushytop, post: 943384, member: 56738"] The Wales (& Scotland if I may be so bold) feeling that the English are the ‘arch-nemesis’ thing is down to two things... the first, once England found its feet as a nation, they constantly invaded us in their quest conquer and imperialise the world (it just so happened that we were closest and therefore invaded & sadly conquered :( first and treated the Welsh to the original apartheid) and the second more recently relevant reason being that England are the ‘big brother’ around here... it is much the same in other smaller countries geographically close to an economic power (Canada and Mexico love to beat the USA at anything, NZ love to beat the Ozzies etc... I would assume that most of the old Soviet Union states that aren’t Russia would love to beat them too). The fact that the English put a smaller stock in beating us that we do in them is hardly surprising... we barely have a 3 million population compared to over 55 million... together with the fact that ‘back in the day’ we never invaded you guys and caused you any unwarranted suffering. It really isn’t rocket science. [/QUOTE]
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