What Has England Ever Done For The World ?

[Cormac135]

Apart from the English language i can think of nothing, maybe you can ?

 

[Agent Provocateur]

Isn't this enough?

 

[Cormac135]

I'd rather Dame Judy.

 

[Vitamin]

Poor Wales got left or of this!

 

[Cormac135]

Poor Wales got left or of this!

It would have been all sheep shagging posts tbaft.

 

[Alistair]

Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen.

A ocean going, sailing adventurous spirit that still lives on today

 

[medic1]

After Thatcher, do we really want them to give us anything more?...............

 

[rareboy]

Spotted Dick

 

[fersity]

The World Wide Web.

 

[Benvolio]

Apart from the English language i can think of nothing, maybe you can ?

Modern representative democracy, the rule of law, free enterprise, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, and much of science. Sure others contibuted a bit here and there but England put it together. Read a history of science and you will see the massive contribution. Newton, Darwin, Faraday and many more. No country has contributed more to science. They took the lead in ending the international slave trade, including the muslim slave trade within Africa itself. The were leaders in exploration--even Prince Henry the Navigator was half English. Which are the countries you admire most? I am guessing several will be countries settled by the English; Canada, Australia, New Zealand and England itself. Where they have gone, the have established representative government. Barbadoes in the Carribean for instance, has had a parliament since 1630 or so. It became the leading Protestant country freeing Europe from domination by the Catholic clergy. Perhaps the US was its greatest accomplishment, as it started with representative government from day one, was the second country with the industrial revolution and quickly became the greatest economy on history. Much of your thinking is the result of the English culture.

 

[gsdx]

Harry Potter.

Oh, and some guy named Shake A. Spear.

 

[Telstra]

Industrial revolution was started by the UK is it not ?

 

[ronboy]

Benny Hill!

 

[Latimer]

Harry Potter.

Oh, and some guy named Shake A. Spear.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

Modern representative democracy, the rule of law, free enterprise, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, and much of science. Sure others contibuted a bit here and there but England put it together. Read a history of science and you will see the massive contribution. Newton, Darwin, Faraday and many more. No country has contributed more to science. They took the lead in ending the international slave trade, including the muslim slave trade within Africa itself. The were leaders in exploration--even Prince Henry the Navigator was half English. Which are the countries you admire most? I am guessing several will be countries settled by the English; Canada, Australia, New Zealand and England itself. Where they have gone, the have established representative government. Barbadoes in the Carribean for instance, has had a parliament since 1630 or so. It became the leading Protestant country freeing Europe from domination by the Catholic clergy. Perhaps the US was its greatest accomplishment, as it started with representative government from day one, was the second country with the industrial revolution and quickly became the greatest economy on history. Much of your thinking is the result of the English culture.

No to diminish England, but wasn't Ancient Greece the pioneers in most of these things?

 

[smokeshadow]

Ben could have condensed his thesis down to 2 words: Magna Carta

 

[Willie Boy]

The World Wide Web.

of slave colonies..... oh and one prison camp.

 

[Draven]

Hyacinth Bucket

 

[star-warrior]

Puritanism.

 

[pigface]

The World Wide Web.

The computer, both mechanical and electronic versions.