in the desert that is british journalism the fact that the belgians remain without a government after the last election has passed with less notice than uk troops pulling out of basra. but finally there seems to be some recognition that there exists at least the possibility that flanders might secede
given the country's linguistic and cultural split personality it's perhaps no surprise. will flanders be united with the netherlands. what next for the new wallonia? one might expect that scots might be paying more attention. me, i doubt that more than one in five of us could point to belgium on a map.
never mind i have a story languishing at home which envisions a europe partioned between vlaanderen and greater wallonia. perhaps i should dust it off...
what might belgium look like divided? check it out at the rather fabulous strange maps
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and i can't mention strange maps without putting in a plug for the late donald evans
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first site is excellent and i shall return frequently. second link doesn't seem to be working though ... ?
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ReplyDeletefor some reason you can't see the html tht folows the full stop on the link. add that and it works fine
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