Those bloody French again

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 04:46

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094610/France-swoops-rob-UK-13bn-Indian-jet-contract.html



The weasel has done it again 'sneering at Britain saying 'you have no industry'



We are still giving 280 million each year to India that is the second thing that should be done the first is to blow up the tunnel.



As a protest I shall stop drinking French wine and eating camembert.



I hope Italy stuffs them at the weekend.

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3533

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 04:56

Does India not have a nuclear programme ?

and a space programme ?

which is classified by the World Bank as a middle income country (MIC)

and whose economy is growing at nearly 10% a year.

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 07:42

Phil



So right



We give hundreds of millions to Pakistan whose population still appear desperately poor - where does this money go ? The Pakistanis still appear able to spend millions on nuclear and conventional weapons.



We also give aid to Brazil who have just overtaken us as the 6th largest economy in the world !!! Lunatics and asylum springs to mind !!

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 14:13

we had this news yesterday but : it is not sign ( and might never be) and even if : they will manufacture in india and india is asking a transfer of knowledge !!!! SARKO is trying his best to get vote for the next elections

- carry on eating camenbert and drinking french wine if you like it - france is not sarko - we do suffer with him and it will end soon i hope !

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 15:12

Hippo,I had succesful stationery companies in Wales,until the Welsh Assembly were ordered by the English Government to go to tender for lowest prices.There were only cheating French companies who could tender


I haven't drank French wine,or bought anything French for 5 years.



So disgusted by the Welsh Assembly Government.The French farmers boycotted Welsh sheep imports for years.



No wonder UK and Wales have little manufacturing left.



Good news,they got me to Cyprus earlier than planned



Mike

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 15:13

Question of price - the Brits were more expensive, why should the Pakistanis pay over the odds, we get upset if OUR Government pays over the odds.

Went to tender, the Brits lost. Sad, but tough.

Simples.

Geoff

Famagusta City.

slatnumber7


Joined: 25/08/2010
Posts: 299

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 15:29

It is not a done deal yet! Have a look at the link.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 15:37

It's about time we did what many countries do and only give aid in kind. Trucks, Made in GB. JCBs Made in GB. Food, produced in GB, and so on. We could even give military planes, Made in GB.

No cash just home produced goods. Carried in UK registered ships manned by UK seafarers. Ask the Yanks or the French how they do it.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 16:06

Vaughan.spot on !!!!Whilst GB still has some goods it can make





Mike

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 16:16

The French were bragging for years that their end of the Channel tunnel had the infrastructure for high speed train travel into Paris in minutes whilst the British had nothing between Dover and London. I think we had it absolutely right. Let the toads who use eau de cologne instead of soap, eat frogs legs, stink of garlic, adorn bicycles with onions etc, exit the tunnel at Dover, have one circular trip around the M25, then piss off back to France !

davedee



Joined: 01/12/2008
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 16:29

Everybody thought Miss Dover was the local beauty queen when in fact it is just good sound advice!

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 16:37

we should send our military in to Syria and take out the Assad Dynasty



a grateful opposition in an oil rich country will award us some nice contracts



the french will be spitting mad

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 16:57

Had 4 children....never bought a French letter !!!!!







Mike

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 17:27

That is why Mike.

Geoff

TUTOR4U


Joined: 05/06/2007
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 17:41

msg 10 I am still Laughing....Excellent

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 17:46

"Vive le France"...........

davpat


Joined: 23/08/2011
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
01/02/2012 19:00

Mais non Monsieur,La France!!

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
02/02/2012 01:05

voyons, voyons, Messieurs, soyez sérieux !!!!!

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
02/02/2012 01:10

I've just been watching 'Jonathan Meads on France' on BBC4.

BRILLIANT!

bertieboss


Joined: 22/07/2011
Posts: 149

Message Posted:
02/02/2012 01:51

The French are not to blame for the demise of our manufacturing and you all know it!!

It's crap management, short termism, lack of investment and a succession of incompetent governments of all parties since the war.

Stop blaming the rest of the world for our decline - it's the very attitudes exhibited on this site which have caused the problem over the years.