| English term or phrase: The apparent truth of this last point has been a gift to Bonaparte. | Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy, a nation of free trade and personal liberty. Its people are seemingly devoted to making money and disliking foreigners in equal measure. Foreigners are, quite simply, just not very good at anything, be that running an empire or making a decent pie. Britons make no secret of their prejudice, a crass attitude that makes diplomacy difficult. The “English” as, much to the annoyance of the Scots, everyone calls them, are disliked in every court in Europe for this arrogance and their willingness to let everyone else do all the fighting and dying against the French. The apparent truth of this last point has been a gift to Bonaparte.
Hallo allemaal,
Ik hoef niet echt een vertaling, maar als iemand mij kan uitleggen wat die laatste zin betekent zou ik er blij zijn!
MTIA,
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