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They weren’t that into democracy either. Didn’t stop the Yanks from mopping the floor with them.

Losing the US colony was a minor inconvenience. We were busy with France.

I get that it's important to you, but US independence barely features in our history lessons.

I’m sure it doesn’t. It was such a blemish on the empire it needed to be scrubbed.

Also, how’s it going with France?!