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Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

I'm sorry, bur I could only laugh when I read this. Of course, the French can blockade Calais, they have a habit of doing that anyway, but blockade DOVER? I don't think so! If they come within 12 miles of any of our coastline I think a couple of torpedoes wouldn't come amiss to sort them out.
But what really made me laugh was the mere thought that the French would invade British territory!! It is so funny.

What do you think of their threat?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit...deal/#comments
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14-12-2020, 09:52 PM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

Originally Posted by shropshiregirl ->
I'm sorry, bur I could only laugh when I read this. Of course, the French can blockade Calais, they have a habit of doing that anyway, but blockade DOVER? I don't think so! If they come within 12 miles of any of our coastline I think a couple of torpedoes wouldn't come amiss to sort them out.
But what really made me laugh was the mere thought that the French would invade British territory!! It is so funny.

What do you think of their threat?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit...deal/#comments

They're deluded.

They should remember their track record in naval battles.
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14-12-2020, 10:33 PM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

Makes a change from worrying about Orientals.
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14-12-2020, 10:34 PM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

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Makes a change from worrying about Orientals.

Ha ha

We should throw rubber dinghies at them
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14-12-2020, 11:36 PM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

Originally Posted by shropshiregirl ->
I'm sorry, bur I could only laugh when I read this. Of course, the French can blockade Calais, they have a habit of doing that anyway, but blockade DOVER? I don't think so! If they come within 12 miles of any of our coastline I think a couple of torpedoes wouldn't come amiss to sort them out.
But what really made me laugh was the mere thought that the French would invade British territory!! It is so funny.

What do you think of their threat?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit...deal/#comments
Even the largest battle ship in the world (Bismark) couldnt do that?
And that was manned by Germans, not Frogs??

Donkeyman! 😁😁😁
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14-12-2020, 11:44 PM
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Another war..over fish is it???..Please explain. I can't read the article
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15-12-2020, 01:34 AM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

Did they ever remove the sunken block ship from the eastern entrance to Dover harbour?
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15-12-2020, 01:35 AM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

Originally Posted by Bread ->
They're deluded.

They should remember their track record in naval battles.
What record is that then?
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15-12-2020, 09:58 AM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

Originally Posted by shropshiregirl ->
I'm sorry, bur I could only laugh when I read this. Of course, the French can blockade Calais, they have a habit of doing that anyway, but blockade DOVER? I don't think so! If they come within 12 miles of any of our coastline I think a couple of torpedoes wouldn't come amiss to sort them out.
But what really made me laugh was the mere thought that the French would invade British territory!! It is so funny.

What do you think of their threat?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit...deal/#comments
It would only need a couple of French fishing boats to sit in the water, outside Dover, to cause chaos with the ferries.

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15-12-2020, 10:29 AM
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Re: Belay There Me Hearties! French Threaten to Blockade Dover!

Originally Posted by Tedc ->
It would only need a couple of French fishing boats to sit in the water, outside Dover, to cause chaos with the ferries.

If they're in UK waters they can be boarded and seized - causing a danger to shipping etc.
Let's see how the French objectors like having either huge fines or no boats.


More of a concern is them blockading ports in the EU ..... of course a big ferry might not see a little fishing boat in its' path.
 
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