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30 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read
If we end up at war with the French next week I'd like to remind them that London has some lovely cafes and we're totally okay with some kind of 'free trade city' exclave setup.

Remember that pls when Bojo is unconditionally surrendering in a rail carriage on the Kingston loop.
Also: Don't worry, Watford isn't actually part of London. They just pretend they are so they can use the Tube.

So you don't have to have that bit. BoJo can keep it and move his capital there.
Also, if you force him to release Scotland in the peace deal, they'll probably sign an alliance with you straight away.

Trust me. I've played A LOT of Europa Universalis 4. Happens every time.
And Scotland gets cores on the North of England, so if you manage to PU them you can nab York for yourself, which is also pretty decent. They'd make a good little exclave city, too. Lovely train museum.
Anyway, don't want to backseat you too much there Macron. Just saying you've got options.

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