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London hated the French long before Brexit

London hated the French long before Brexit

Conflict between the English and French goes back a long way

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Tony McMahon
Oct 29, 2019
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If you think Brexit is making Britain more xenophobic, then you need to get a time machine and go back to Georgian London. Because two hundred years ago, a French person walking around London might not only endure abuse but come to an unfortunate end!

Eighteenth century London was a dangerous place to walk around if you were French. As England was in an …

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