From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   Paul S Person wrote:   
   > On Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:13:25 -0800, The Horny Goat    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/you-seer-of-visions   
   >>>   
   >>> With all the chatter about the U.S. taking over Canada it   
   >>> should not be forgotten that Cecil Rhodes wanted America to be   
   >>> reunited into the British empire and Churchill in effect   
   >>> suggested the same thing in the "Iron Curtain" speech of   
   >>> 1946.   
   >>   
   >> That must have gone over well with Truman who was with Churchill in   
   >> Fulton that day!   
   >   
   > IIRC, Churchill offered (twice!) to cede Northern Ireland to Eire if   
   > Eire would join the Allies. That didn't work either.   
   >   
   I'm not saying it didn't happen, but if so, he kept it out of his memoirs.   
      
   And I think that, even during the war, that would have led to a motion   
   of non-confidence which would likely have passed.   
      
   William Hyde   
      
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