Originally Posted by
jbr
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we were first settled by the celts, who later moved to the west and north of the island.
Then came the romans, but most of them left.
Later, came angles, saxons and jutes, most of whom remain.
Norsemen followed and eventually intermarried with the anglo-saxons.
Then in 1066, the date that every schoolboy (and girl)
used to know, the normans (more norsemen) came and conquered the land. Again, intermarriage.
So in a way, we are a mongrel nation but for the past thousand years we have become one nation and, despite different origins, have become one people.
Since then, we have been visited by all sorts of odds and sods, but only in relatively small numbers, none who have made any great changes to our country, and certainly nothing to its detriment.
As you quite rightly say, muddy, the present level of immigration is unprecedented in its numbers. Worse than that, many are causing all sorts of trouble and, in common with those of a certain religion who came here in numbers since the second world war, are demanding that we change to suit them.
The last 'immigrants' who made such demands, and succeeded, were the normans, although they did this by right of conquest.
What we are seeing now is not exactly a conquest, but is just as frightening and, assuming we allow it to continue, could be just as consequential. Our future new rulers?