who was guy faulks (British); why did he try to blow up parliment on Nov 5; have you seen Vengence?
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Do you really mean Vendetta?  hat involved a man trying to blow up the parliament.  If so, the story was not real and is based on the future.  \n\nSince it isn't true, that answers your next question, no, there is no celebration of this man as he never existed.\n\nYes, I saw the movie yesterday afternoon and really enjoyed it.  It is a long movie but it moved so quickly that I didn't realize how long it was until I exited the theatre.\n\nThe movie, Vengeance, by Stephen Speilberg is based on the Mossad killing perpretators of the Munich Olympics and I don't think it  has been released yet.
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He was a promising chancellor - but now he's upsetting people. He doesn't listen. He doesn't read his email. He doesn't reply to email. He has chickened out of doing something about those bloody Chelsea tractors - going to our schools twice daily. He wastes millions on a daft tax credit system - so ill thought out. He forgets the people who voted Labour. The people will forget him when the General election comes. Wake up Gordon - before it's too late. Sack politicians - not doctors and nurses. For more click the link below.....
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Isn"t that when germany was attacking them? I have friends in England, she's english, he's polish and it was in that time period that he came as a tank driver from poland  to england to help defend from the germans, and that's when they met and fell in love & got married.  He told me the germans were trying to blow up the old historic sites in particular. Sorry, that's all I know, which isn't much.
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It's not like in the British system where there's a party leader in parliament, and the losing party head retains some status. I'd say Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean are party leaders.\n\nWould you spell check your nickname? It will add credibility to your questions, which are often quite good!
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The Americans were trying to overthrow a government that refused to allow the people equal representation in parliament. \nThe French were trying to overthrow a government that refused to allow the people equal representation in parliament.\nSound familiar?
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Candidate C sounds like Adolph Hitler.  I think A might be Churchill.  B, I'm not too sure.\nPersonally, I would wonder about the democratic processes in this country.
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Jesus Christ.\nMother Theresa (I'm not Catholic by the way.)\nGhandi\nJoan of Arc\nKing Henry V\nWilliam Wallace\nEl Cid\n\nIf you want someone still living, it gets harder. Real leaders seem to have become all but extinct.  I'm thinking..... thinking....\n\nThere's a British officer that was on the news this week.... Can't remember his name.  But he is doing things in Iraq that are courageous, unique, and peace-building.  If you can find an article about that... and get his name... I think he may qualify.\n\nSue
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It's Culloden...\n\nBattle of Culloden\n\n\n\nBonnie Prince Charlie\nIt was the greatest ever moment in the history of the Jacobite movement. Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army had victoriously marched down through England, and were poised to strike at London itself.\nThen, at the very moment of their triumph, the Young Pretender and his forces decided to turn back and retreat to Scotland. \nIt was a decision which eventually turned out to be a disaster, because it led to their bloody and inglorious defeat at Culloden - the last military battle ever to be fought on British soil. \n\nWith the capital in panic at the thought of a Jacobite advance, the prince was determined to press on to try and secure the British throne for his father, the exiled would be James VIII. However, his chief lieutenants knew that victory would be no easy matter. As the prince's forces had marched south, they had not secured territory behind them.\nTwo of the king's most formidable military commanders, General George Wade and the Duke of Cumberland, were in pursuit and London itself had a large militia of loyalist troops ready to take the prince on. The sensible thing to do, it seemed, was to pull back. Charles sullenly agreed and, on December 6, 1745, the retreat started.\n\nOn his way north, the Scots fought off an attack at Clifton, in the Lake District and left 400 men to garrison the castle in Carlisle.\nOn Christmas day, Charles reached Glasgow and found he had huge problems picking up support for his cause. The city was strongly pro-government, and hundreds of its men were fighting on the Hanoverian side against him. Reluctantly - and probably more to get rid of him than anything - Glaswegians did provide Charles with provisions to refit his army, which left 10 days later. By now, Edinburgh had been reclaimed for the king by General Henry Hawley and the Jacobites knew that a showdown was in prospect. Reinforced by the arrival of a further 4000 troops, they finally came face to face with Hawley's forces at Falkirk.\nThe battle was a disaster for the Hanoverians. They lost ten times as many men as the prince - 400 to 40 - with most of the government forces fleeing the field and leaving behind their artillery and baggage.\nVictory at Falkirk, combined with the fact that still more troops and supplies were arriving from France and elsewhere, bolstered the Jacobite army. With government forces continuing to press against him and with the clan chiefs insisting on returning to the Highlands, however, the only way Charles could realistically go was north. He tried and failed to seize Stirling Castle before arriving in Inverness and taking the town on February 18. Fort Augustus succumbed in March, though Fort William held out. By now, there was another problem: the able Duke of Cumberland was in pursuit of the Jacobite forces along with an army of 9000 men. A seasoned and intelligent military strategist - and son of the King - Cumberland would not make the sort of tactical mistake which had allowed the Jacobites to win the battles of Prestonpans and Falkirk.\nBy April 14, Cumberland was in Nairn, while the prince's army was only 10 miles west at Drummossie. Charles's Quartermaster General, John William O'Sullivan, decided that the best approach was to try and catch the Hanoverian forces by surprise. The Pretender's troops, by then tired out and hungry, marched to Nairn, only to find Cumberland's forces awake - they were celebrating their leaders 25th birthday. The Highlanders were then forced to trudge back to Drummossie, where they arrived, exhausted and demoralised, just after dawn.\nUnknown to them, however, word had reached Cumberland that the enemy forces had tried to pounce on him. Knowing full well how tired and hungry the Jacobites were, he decided to attack them when they were at their weakest.\nThe two sides finally faced each other at Drummossie Moor, better known as Culloden, in a howling, freezing gale, o
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Ditto!  That happened to me yesterday on a question from some moron saying "should Hitler have won"?\nSame applies people!  10 points if you can unearth my answer!
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Ummm... I guess.  (Although I don't know if I have any idea what you're talking about.  What's the dif between capita and \nca-pita?)  \n\nSo, are you saying we should be against our corrupt government, or are you saying you've got a beef with French Canadians and Brits?  On second thought, I really don't know what you're talking about.  But I like your style.  You've got zazz.  \n\n(Incidentally, what's up with your avatar?  Are you the Punisher or something?)
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SNAP!...what a great question...One week ago Kerry was being called the gift that just keeps giving.....Where are those people now....\nDid you guys see Brit Hume on Faux news...He looked like his jead was going to explode...His subjects and verbs were not even in agreement while hew was stammering...too funny!
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why on earth would you want to know this - this has me really intrigued......\n\nIt's Pete of course but everyone else beat me to it (apart from the person who thinks it's Boris!
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As a true patriot who recognises the gift of technology, language, democracy that england has given to the world since the start of the empire, I can say it breaks my hear to see my beloved country raped and poisoned by the untermenschen that swarms over our borders.To think of all the lives sacrificed in 2 world wars to defend our freedom against an enemy far superior in culture and intellect than the one that eats us from the inside out right now.When are the uneducated blinkered arrogant liberal left going to wake up and smell the coffee.?When england finally becomes an islamic state, do they think they will be spared the ravages of islam because they insist that council tax money is spent on building mosques and hiring solicitors and interpreters to get them welfare from the day they arrive?\nI want to fight this disease , but how , when our leaders are still brainwashign our children that christmas is wrong  and that the british empire was evil?\nGive our children and our future a chance , by stopping this political correct spin and let everyone know the truth so that even the liberals can see how blind and naive they are.
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yeah, i asked how come the pres hasn't been assasinated yet. they got to me!  they said it incited violence and hatred. i was simply asking why it hadn't happened yet, not advocating it. i failed to mention that if he DID happen to get shock-n-awed, i'd uncork 10 bottles of frikkin champagne, but you never heard me say that!
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oh yes. and i believe cameron was halfway through asking if it was wrong to ask the pm questions and he got cut off again. is this democracy?
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http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/V-for-Vendetta.html\n\n\n"Remember, remember, the fifth of\n November, the gunpowder treason and\n plot.  I know of no reason why the\n gunpowder treason should ever be\n forgot."
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the single worst leader of the uk in my life time!\n\nno-one has done more to crush the working man and support the rich in the last 35 years.\n\nyes i am only 35 years old but political history is important.\n\nboring sometimes!\n\nbut important.\n\ntony blair is not great but compared to her he is ok.