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bartender100

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  1. 10 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said:

     

    I don't blame you for your frustration and venting.

    Unfortunately what you describe is just the kind of thing that falangs in Thailand need to understand  and adjust to.

     

    We will never change it. 

    Just try to be patient and smile.

     

     

    Years of living in Thailand taught me one thing. Patients

     

    Coming in very handy at the moment in the UK

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  2. 2 hours ago, Hi from France said:

    the problem in that most Brexiteers here are not just Tories, they are nationalists.

     

    And Brexit has fanned the flames not just of English nationalism, but also of Irish and Scottish nationalism. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is not a country that is compatible with nationalism.

     

    The union between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, followed by the union in 1801 of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland is formed of separate nations.

    • What remains of the Kingdom of Ireland wants to be a member of the European Union
    • The Kingdom of Scotland wants to be a member of the European Union
    • The British Oversea Territory of Gibraltar wants to be a member of the European Union
    • England (apart from the capital, London) does not want to be a member of the European Union

     

    event the Welsh are pro-european.... you know that Welsh-speaking constituencies voted remain ?

     

     

    So in a few days, Brexit will be effective, but the United Kingdom has a lot of soul-searching to do, lest it each piece goes its own way. ironically, the European Union was keeping the pieces of the the United Kingdom together

     

     

     

    In other words, unless you can find a uniting and effective project as the United Kingdom, these separate nations won't be "United".

     

    English nationalism could break the United Kingdom.

     

     

     

    Gibraltar might be the first piece to detach in a few days. That's why I find it important to debate what is happening there

     

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    I am all for an independent Scotland, born English but with a mother that grew up in the Gorbals of Glasgow, though history I believe we have trod on the Scots enough.

     

    But they would have zero chance of joining the EU if they applied as a country

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