England expects as Fab decision made

SEEN from the Continent, the English are an unpredictable lot. Apart from speaking loudly in restaurants and being inexplicably fond of bad lager, they have a tendency to deceive their allies, but they themselves are easily deceived by appearances.

Perfide Angleterre — “treacherous England ” — is the phrase the French have used for the past 700 years.

Para Inglês Ver — “for the English to see” – say Portuguese, to describe pulling the wool over your eyes.