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Colchester as well !

Malmesbury was once the capital of England
In 925AD, King Athelstan of Wessex, the son of Alfred, made Malmesbury his capital.

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So why is Trump poking his snotter in, surely it’s nothing to do with him.

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Is it part of his Making America Great Again policy, ie showing the electorate that the US can decide the policy’s of foreign nations?
A bit like the 60’s where the promise ( threat) of a McDonald’s in every city across the globe, seemed to be foreign policy ?

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Couple of years ago Trump was a property magnate. Now he's dictating what happens in the Middle East, or taunting a little fat Oriental despot.
Yep, the world's gone crazy!

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The world is ok, it’s just the nutters like Trump and Kim that are the problem

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And unfortunately for us, the demise of our world could be in their hands at any time.

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But they seem very difficult to get rid of. The POTUS seems to be one of the most difficult to get rid of and appears to me to be virtually untouchable ??

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So Jerusalem is like Malmesbury, a place of historic significance but no more relevant as a capital in the modern age. We have London now and Israel has Tel Aviv. That's the way things should stay because there's no reason for us to go back to Malmesbury as a capital when all the embassies and business is in London....same situation in Tel Aviv.

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So true Floydy, so true.

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Quick bit of correct info as you've been misinformed.. Judd was right.
Malmesbury was never the capital of England .. though it is the oldest borough in England and was the King of Wessex's stomping ground. Much like Tamworth was capital of the Kings of Mercia.
A profusion of regional capitals in the absence of one unified nation.

Sounds ironically fitting given the mess in the ME doesn't it.
Where's the Palestinian capital going to be then I wonder.