tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post8493972112303041792..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Will Belgium survive?Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-62163276149026891242010-09-13T16:32:32.000+01:002010-09-13T16:32:32.000+01:00Agree with above
NickAgree with above<br /><br />NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-89590402924766974872010-09-13T11:05:52.000+01:002010-09-13T11:05:52.000+01:00No, it was not deliberate, Nick. A mistake. I shal...No, it was not deliberate, Nick. A mistake. I shall now correct it. Thank you for calling my attention to it. Actually, I do quite admire the man. Even the creation of Belgium made sense at the time from the point of view of British interests.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-27475741981359679462010-09-13T08:15:44.000+01:002010-09-13T08:15:44.000+01:00Helen,
did you deliberately mis-spell Palmerston&...Helen,<br /><br />did you deliberately mis-spell Palmerston's name?<br /><br />NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-52816501454277928792010-09-12T10:32:27.000+01:002010-09-12T10:32:27.000+01:00Yes, it's beginning to look a real possibility...Yes, it's beginning to look a real possibility. Especially as the politicos of Belgium have refused to unify their country by centralizing its parliamentary system because that would have made most of their politicians surplus, & therefore redundant. <br /><br />So what may happen? Wallonia & Flanders both becoming independent states, or one or both joining up with their larger neighbours - Wallonia to France, & Flanders to the Netherlands? And if so, how soon?Watchetnoreply@blogger.com