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Originally Posted by Niamh.
I mean the clue is in the name, isn't it? Why not fill it with British stuff
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Because years ago we had
the
British Empire
so we were in Control of loads of nations
even if they were our Slaves.
They were the old days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
[The foundations of the British Empire were laid when England and Scotland were separate kingdoms.
In 1496, King Henry VII of England, following the successes of Spain and Portugal
in overseas exploration, commissioned John Cabot to lead a voyage to discover a route
to Asia via the North Atlantic.
Cabot sailed in 1497, five years after the European discovery of America,
but he made landfall on the coast of Newfoundland,
and, mistakenly believing (like Christopher Columbus)
that he had reached Asia, there was no attempt to found a colony.
Cabot led another voyage to the Americas the following year
but nothing was ever heard of his ships again]