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Arthur Little
15th June 2015, 12:16
What was this momentous event in English history :icon_rolleyes: ... which Prime Minister, David Cameron claims "changed the world"?

Here he's pictured in the presence of His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Portal Welby, HM the Queen and HRH, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - all looking suitably unimpressed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33126723


:yeahthat:'s rich ... coming as it does from a man who - back in 2010 - didn't even know when the blinkin' :cwm24: charter was drawn up and signed.

Hence my reason for putting this article in the 'Loose Talk' Section. :biggrin:

C'mon, all you budding historians ... you can do better ... ! :wink:
les_taxi
15th June 2015, 12:36
Where was the Magna Carta signed?
Arthur Little
15th June 2015, 12:42
Where was the Magna Carta signed?

:wink: ... easy peasy, Les ... Runnymede near Windsor.

:smile: Y'see ... even I knew the answer ... :anerikke: ... and I'm Scottish. :Kilt:
Dedworth
15th June 2015, 13:01
It was only valid for a couple of months before it was annulled by the Pope. I was in that area yesterday no diversion signs up good job I had the radio on otherwise I wouldn't have known the A308 at Runnymede was closed till 7pm
les_taxi
15th June 2015, 13:17
:wink: ... easy peasy, Les ... Runnymede near Windsor.

:smile: Y'see ... even I knew the answer ... :anerikke: ... and I'm Scottish. :Kilt:

Haha it was signed at the bottom ☺
Dedworth
15th June 2015, 13:18
:icon_lol:
grahamw48
15th June 2015, 17:20
Another load of old baloney, which as Dedworth pointed out, didn't last long anyway.

The government is still corrupt, greedy and unrepresentative.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer...and the Royal Family are not doing much manual labour.
les_taxi
15th June 2015, 17:59
.and the Royal Family are not doing much manual labour.
Tell you what Graham I would not swap places with them :xxgrinning--00xx3:
Love the Royal Family and the prestige and history of it all :smile:
grahamw48
15th June 2015, 19:02
Tell you what Graham I would not swap places with them :xxgrinning--00xx3:
Love the Royal Family and the prestige and history of it all :smile:

Not knocking them mate...just saying....as far as class system goes... not a lot has changed.

God save the Queen ! :engflag:
Dedworth
17th June 2015, 13:08
God save the Queen ! :engflag:

Speakers on


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_3_tJMRIs