Philip Hammond does not give examples of Britain turning its back on Europe and Nick Robinson did not press him

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/08/cameron-brexit-will-increase-risk-of-europe-descending-into-war/

When we have turned our back on Europe - we have regretted it says Philip Hammond @BBCr4today

— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 9, 2016

@BBCNormanS @BBCr4today For example? @PHammondMP

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

I have changed my perspective on EU since becoming Foreign Secretary says Philip Hammond @BBCr4today

— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 9, 2016

The EU is an important contributor to peace says Philip Hammond @BBCr4today

— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 9, 2016

@BBCNormanS @BBCr4today.. When have we turned our back on Europe?

— tweetmaster (@tweetma27340584) May 9, 2016

@tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Splendid Isolation?

— Rimbeux (@Rimbeux) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Wow! That is going back a bit!

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today https://t.co/tHq8s3ATS5 says the term originated in 1896.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today If Britain had been in splendid isolation in 1914 it would not have participated in WW1.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today If Britain had been in splendid isolation in 1939, it would not have participated in WW2.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today If Britain had been in splendid isolation in 1914 and 1939, it would have kept its empire.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today How long has Britain been destroying itself with its crap foreign policy? 100+ years?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Britain created America. When the British empire imploded it created the American empire.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today It is liberal democracy that is destroying the West. Time to substitute lunacy for sanity.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Have you not heard that WW2 was as continuation of WW1?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today British still neurotic about WW2. Evidence: @ken4london not allowed to mention Hitler.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today But for WW2, the State of Israel would not have been established in 1948.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today But for Hitler's pogrom, the State of Israel would not have been established.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today So @ken4london was right: Hitler practically established Israel for Zionists.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux Before splendid isolation, when was the previous time Britain "turned its back on Europe"?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux The Crimean War in 1854 was an example of Britain *not* turning its back on Europe, wasn't it? @mrjamesob @LBC

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux How did the Crimean War turn out for the Britain? @mrjamesob @LBC

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@BBCNormanS Would British historians give examples of the British "turning their back on Europe"? @HistoryToday @DanHannanMEP @BorisJohnson

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux Would it be correct to deduce that the man who coined the term splendid isolation didn't think the Crimean War was a good idea?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux It is time the British acknowledged their part in turning what would have remained a European war into a world war. @HistoryToday

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

Does @bbcnickrobinson wish he had asked @PHammondMP for examples of British back-turning? @HistoryToday @HistoryMan https://t.co/lA4zgdhMja

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079mwss from 2:10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_British_Army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation

Boris Johnson's Brexit speech: European history is littered with heretics who turned out to have a point. https://t.co/P8bmucuKRB

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016