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bonsai_spoollast Saturday at 9:46 PM1 replyview on HN

> The UK can’t blame Brexit on the Romans.

You're reaching thousands of years ago and missing the much more significant event of the Norman conquest. And I would say that the Normans actually did influence Brexit to the extent that there's a confusion about continental vs. English identity that's only expanded over time.

1,000 years is no time at all, in the age of writing.


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JumpCrisscrosslast Saturday at 11:03 PM

> I would say that the Normans actually did influence Brexit

Influenced, yes. Can be blamed for, no, much less their descendants today (who aren’t British).