The first modern canals were mid 18th C @pete and, whilst we might have ruled the waves, I don't think we ruled the world and the physical labour was British and Irish. I was in Athens once in my 20s, having a coffee, when a Frenchman sat at my table and got chatting. He started on about the British empire and asked me what it had ever done for its dominions - I said trade, roads, railways, administration and government systems. Too boring he said. France gave its dominions poetry.
I think we Brits did pretty well on the literature front as well. The French are better known for philosophy and rudeness.
Well, as if we didn’t need another example of the BBC waste of money and resources, why on earth did they edit a speech to make Trump look bad? Just broadcast what he says, and what he writes on Truth Social. Job done.
Thing is those things weren't built by government, they were built by private enterprises - hence why we ended up with so many regional railways. And the various brands of underground railway - District, Metropolitan etc - originated as separate private companies. A lot of them failed, and lost all their investors' money. Slums in London were cleared to build the underground railways without any consideration of rehousing the residents, so they poured into the next set of slums making them even more overcrowded.
Because the programme wasn't easily available in the US, if it had been his minions would have been all over it like a rash and given him some extra "Whine a Lot" in his feed. They only realised what had happened when the Telegraph flagged it up last week.
Rolls Royce modular nuclear reactors are based on those supplied to the UK nuclear submarine fleet for a long time now.
Yes, a lot failed but many succeeded @Escarpment and improved transport, communication and job prospects for many and nobody ever cared much about people in slums before the 1950s when govt started urban renewal programmes which were not entirely successful - rogue builders and architects, poor materials and breaking up of communities to put the in high rises. People believed, and some still do, that the poor are poor because they are feckless or lack ambition. Now, the more aware mongst us, know it's about opportunity - decent housing, decent education, living wages, health care.
Having worked for a French company up until the start of this year, I can say with certainty that they still absolutely excel at rudeness.
Yep, but can we manage to put up a building to house them without a series of problems. I dont have much faith in our ability to do much these days.
Which brings me to the point of how does he know its damaged him if he didn't know about it, apparently someone from the White House spotted it in the news night programme earlier.
We ruled a fair amount of the world via the Empire, not just the waves. But we dont have people that get their hands dirty nowadays, they are all either university graduates or layabouts, we have masses off sick with anxiety, and import manual labour from abroad. We cant even pick our own fruit a veg let alone put up a building, can't build houses because we dont have the workforce.
Good old cut and cover technique. And we complain about road works today! My London ancestors were landlords (I suspect slum landlords because they were paid weekly and owned buildings in little courts) and had to sell their properties to the Metropolitan line company, who then didn't stick to their agreement for actually paying them. I know this because it ended in a court case which I ordered the documents for.
@Escarpment I have some other photos of the building of the stations and lines that came from a friend still involved up in transport the City. The site for Blackfriars station with an iconic background
