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The last person to speak to David Miliband before he signed the EU Constitution/Treaty of Lisbon was UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage MEP.

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mkpdavies

Nige likes the word monstrous. In this case it is quite apt.

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steve fowler

Its the right word for what the EU going to turn into.

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Anthony Butcher

This 'treaty' signing is the first time that I have been truly angry about Britain's relationship to the EU. Previously I have ranged from mildly bemused to out-right frustrated. However, an unelected Prime Minister denying the people of this country a referendum, which was part of his predecessor's election manifesto, and locking this country into even deeper governance by a foreign power is beyond 'monstrous'.

Farage can call Miliband what he likes. I would have been a lot ruder.

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mkpdavies

Welcome to my world. I have been beyond angry about it for ages. I have gone past the "resigned to defeat phase" and am now in the "war of attrition stubbon phase".

They already have the country by the balls. They are just slowly trying to make it official and in the open now. **** them. **** them to hell!

I will NEVER accept the authority of the EU, its wanky anthem or anything to do with it. Indeed, many laws that now come in (and have been since the EU took over thanks to our own traitors) are null and void to me.

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Dunkirk evacuation
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The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British, was the large evacuation of Allied soldiers from May 26 to June 4, 1940, during the Battle of Dunkirk. British Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay planned the operation and briefed Winston Churchill in the Dynamo Room (a room in the naval headquarters below Dover Castle which contained the dynamo that provided the electricity), giving the operation its name.[1]

In nine days, more than three hundred thousand (338,226) soldiers — 218,226 British and 120,000 French — were rescued from Dunkirk, France and the surrounding beaches by a hastily assembled fleet of about seven hundred boats. These craft included the famous "Little Ships of Dunkirk", a mixture of merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and RNLI lifeboats, whose civilian crews were called into service for the emergency.

These small craft ferried troops from the beaches to larger ships waiting offshore. Though the "Miracle of the Little Ships" is a prominent folk memory in Britain (and a great morale booster for the time), over 80% of the evacuated troops actually embarked from the harbour's protective mole onto the 42 destroyers and other large ships.

Preliminary events

Preparations for the evacuation began on May 22. Vice Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay called for as many naval boats as possible, as well as every ship within reach capable of carrying 1,000 men. The effort expanded to include shallow-draft civilian boats from 30 to 100 feet (9 to 30 m) in length, as of May 27. A large number of craft including fishing boats, fire ships, paddle steamers, private yachts and Belgian barges, plus Merchant Marine and Royal Navy boats, departed from Sheerness, Chatham and Dover over the following days. Some of the boats came from as far away as the Isle of Man and the West Country. Charles Lightoller, second officer on the RMS Titanic, distinguished himself commanding one of the "Little Ships" during the Dunkirk evacuation.

On May 24, German armoured units stopped their advance on Dunkirk, leaving the operation to the slower infantry and the Luftwaffe. This reprieve was partly due to the influence of Hermann Göring, who promised Adolf Hitler air power alone could destroy the surrounded Allied forces. This stop order for the armour was reversed on May 26, when the evacuation began; however all German armour was withdrawn on May 29 to prepare for Fall Rot, the attack on the whole of France. The 18th Army, consisting of incompletely trained troops, continued the attack.

Progress of evacuation

Initial plans called for the recovery of 45,000 men from the British Expeditionary Force within two days, at which time it was expected that German troops would be able to block further evacuation. Only 25,000 men escaped during this period, including 8,000 on the first day.[2] Ten additional destroyers joined the rescue effort on May 28 and attempted rescue operations in the early morning, but were unable to closely approach the beaches, although several thousand were rescued. However, the pace of evacuation from the shrinking Dunkirk pocket increased steadily.

On May 29, 47,000 British troops were rescued[3] in spite of the first heavy air attack from the Luftwaffe in the evening. The next day, an additional 54,000 men[4] were embarked, including the first French soldiers.[5] 68,000 men and the commander of the BEF evacuated on May 31.[6] A further 64,000 Allied soldiers departed on June 1,[7] before the increasing air attacks prevented further daylight evacuation.[2] The British rearguard departed the night of June 2, along with 60,000 French soldiers.[7] An additional 26,000 French troops were retrieved the following night before the operation finally ended.[2]

Two French divisions remained behind to protect the evacuation. Though they halted the German advance, they were soon captured. The remainder of the rearguard, largely French, surrendered on June 3, 1940. The next day, the BBC reported, "Major-General Harold Alexander [the commander of the rearguard] inspected the shores of Dunkirk from a motorboat this morning to make sure no-one was left behind before boarding the last ship back to Britain."

Michael Heaver

Hopefully Miliband will be laughing the other aside of his face within the next ten years.

spaman

Ten years !

It has to be much sooner than that if we are going to retrieve anything

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Richard Allen

It is indeed the case that the fight to prevent us entering the EU superstate is lost. The British people are going to have to pay the price for their apathy and ignorance. Only then might a meaningful resistance begin.