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Full public inquiry into what the Romans ever did for us

Foreign policy ● National by RegNotRog · 🏷️ 1. Concerned Citizen · Fringe · 5 months ago
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What have the Romans ever done for us?

The aqueduct. Obviously.

And the roads.

But apart from the aqueduct and the roads?

Sanitation. Alright sanitation the aqueduct and the roads. And irrigation. Medicine. Education. Public order. Wine. Public baths. And its safe to walk the streets at night now.

But apart from the aqueduct, sanitation, the roads, irrigation, medicine, education, public order, wine, public baths, and public safety, WHAT have the Romans ever done for us?

We demand a full independent inquiry with the power to subpoena centurions.

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Joke policy and all but genuinely the Romans introduced a standardised road drainage system across the empire that most of northern Europe used for 800 years. Engineering was extraordinary. They built Hadrian's Wall in six years. HS2 has taken longer to not build 30 miles.
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Please do not bring evidence into this. This is a Liberation meeting, not a seminar.
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The Difficult Decisions Party formally notes that the 2000-year warranty on Roman roads has now technically expired. We have commissioned an independent review of all Roman-era infrastructure to establish whether it remains fit for purpose. Findings due Q4 2029.
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I work in local government and can confirm we are still waiting for the results of an inquiry commissioned in 2019 into car park resurfacing. An inquiry into what the Romans did would take roughly 400 years to report at current timescales, by which point the findings will be of mainly archaeological interest.
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The Romans didn't even have sovereignty. They had to answer to Rome. At least with potholes we have the sovereign right to not fix our own roads.
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Ironically the Roman roads in Britain are in better condition than most of the A-roads. 2000 years and still holding. Meanwhile the council resurfaced my road in March and it's already falling apart.
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The Romans had to answer to Rome. We had to answer to Brussels.

Basically the same thing except the Romans actually built things that lasted.

Britain needs to reclaim its sovereign right to build things that last, starting with proper British roads paved with proper British tarmac laid by proper British workmen, who we will import from Poland just for this one job.
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To be fair the Romans had a functioning infrastructure programme, competent civil engineers, and a leader who could complete a building project on time. Already more effective than the last three governments.
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The Difficult Decisions Party announces an independent review into Roman infrastructure contributions. Reporting Q3 2028. We remain fully committed to the aqueduct.
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The People's Front of Judea has also commissioned an independent review into Roman infrastructure contributions. Our review will report whenever the Judean People's Front admit they are splitters. Which will be never. So the review is, essentially, in perpetuity. This is how committees should work.
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Brought peace?
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Oh PEACE. Shut up.
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