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If we were skint after the Darien how come we instantly started servicing English debt (accrued by endless wars with Europeans).
There's a brexit joke in there somewhere.
There's a brexit joke in there somewhere.
For the hard of thinking:
The Darien Scheme bankrupted individual rich nobles, not the country.
That's why they were so easy to blackmail, bribe and threaten.
#ParcelOfRogues
The Darien Scheme bankrupted individual rich nobles, not the country.
That's why they were so easy to blackmail, bribe and threaten.
#ParcelOfRogues
99% of Scots who didn't get a say were outraged. Then we were cut off from our biggest trading partner (the French) because England was at war with them.
