Jump to content

Parliament must vote to trigger Article 50

nxjen

By nxjen
in The Lounge

 Share

Recommended Posts

Lordship 516

Lordship 516

Posted
Posted

Ptolemy 2C AD referred to Ireland as "mikra Brettania" in his famous work - Almagest [Mathematike Syntaxis] & the current GB as "megale Britannia"

Conan Meriadoc 4C AD referred to Brittany as Brittanie Minor & UK as Brittanie Majore

The Irish refer to Wales as An Bhreatain Bheag [Little Britain] & England as An Bhreatain Mh?r [big Britain]

The EU press [especially Germans] are regularly mocking the UK as Little Britain...more to come.

Seabag

Seabag

Posted
Posted

I'm good with Little Britain, it feels more accurate and affectionate.


I'm done with the crumby & pompous nature of anything else. I'm personally finding it easier to deal with our position, if I cut through the self aggrandisement of this wave of nationalism we're being swamped with, both here and globally.


In some backhanded way, I'm hoping we end up in a position based on reality, over our place in the global play that is today. All this laughable 'great nation' nonsense is like an anchor dragging us down.


This country is tiny, it's a boutique of ideas and niche products. That could be a very profitable position in itself. But the rest is harking back to days of old, and they're over, the world's moved on.

Earl Aelfheah

Earl Aelfheah

Posted
Posted

A potted history of the UK?s relationship with the EU (from the FT):


UK: Can we join?


EU: Non.


UK: Go on, please.


EU: OK then.


UK: We want a rebate.


EU: Here is a rebate.


UK: We want a single market.


EU: Here is a single market.


UK: We want EU expansion to the east.


EU: Here is EU expansion to the east.


UK: We want opt-outs on Schengen, on social policy, on the charter of fundamental rights, on the euro?


EU: Here are all your opt-outs.


[Pause.]


UK: Bye!

JohnL

JohnL

Posted
Posted

rahrahrah Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> A potted history of the UK?s relationship with the

> EU (from the FT):

>

> UK: Can we join?

>

> EU: Non.

>

> UK: Go on, please.

>

> EU: OK then.

>

> UK: We want a rebate.

>

> EU: Here is a rebate.

>

> UK: We want a single market.

>

> EU: Here is a single market.

>

> UK: We want EU expansion to the east.

>

> EU: Here is EU expansion to the east.

>

> UK: We want opt-outs on Schengen, on social

> policy, on the charter of fundamental rights, on

> the euro?

>

> EU: Here are all your opt-outs.

>

>

>

> UK: Bye!


about right


No wonder they think, why did we bother :)

malumbu

malumbu

Posted
Posted

Useful article on May's position and the impact of domestic politics - she can bring down the economy but will still win the next election. It's a proper article not fake news. Could equally go in the Corbyn thread.


http://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/mays-hard-brexit-starting-position-or-ultimate-goal/

pato

pato

Posted
Posted

red devil Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I've no idea what you're on about JohnL...


Same as

50% of the country

100% of europe

and 90% of the world with Theresa May!


Trump understands Her though..Maybe not able to spell her name but They do understand each other..

vito

vito

Posted
Posted

..difficult to deny once they holding hands..

At least T May won something! If not any election, if not the referendum (as she was against brexit little before referendum..)at least She won the race to be the first one to lick Mr trump feet..

Just remind me: Who were all the others PM rushing there forming a huge queue outside the white house??...

.....

......

......

JohnL

JohnL

Posted
Posted

rahrahrah Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I thought Ken Clarke was fantastic in parliament

> yesterday during the Brexit debate. If you haven't

> seen it, worth a 'google'.



He has improved with age (and he seems less unkempt)

????

????

Posted
Posted

rahrahrah Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I thought Ken Clarke was fantastic in parliament

> yesterday during the Brexit debate. If you haven't

> seen it, worth a 'google'.



Yes . To quote from the Torygraph:


"Labour has failed as an opposition, so Ken Clarke's doing their job for them...."

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • JessicaCT
      Plumber recommendation – Mark at Pure Plumbers

      By JessicaCT · Posted

      A shout out for Mark, owner of Pure Plumbers. 07970 971510 They're well established in the Sevenoaks area, but have recently started doing more work in SE London.  Did some v quick and efficient bathroom and boiler fixes for me; have also seen some of the bathrooms he's built, which have a nice attention to detail. Jessica    
    • beansprout
      New Empanada Place on LL

      By beansprout · Posted

      Totally agree regarding not supporting chains. Gail’s was fine but last time I went in Feb this year, actually walked out Fayetteville looking at menu and waiting 15 minutes to even get glass of water and not busy at all. Staff gone down hill - sooner it goes the better… Always prefer to support non chains - so many lovely places with good food to choose from with pleasant staff who know about customer service and sadly, non English which says a lot for our culture, pubs are also becoming abit of a hit and miss affair but maybe just unlucky. At the end of the day all about the chef. Still abit unclear where new place is located - is it down the road from Goose Green where parade of shops are before Peckham Rye?  
    • Penguin68
      New Empanada Place on LL

      By Penguin68 · Posted

      Surely only where the local businesses offer clear advantages, otherwise you are rewarding what should be failure. I want to be served by a better bakery than Gail's, not a worse but local independent one. Certainly give a local independent some time to get the offer right, but don't buy goods which are worse and or more expensive just because the outlet isn't a chain. 
    • Angelina
      New Empanada Place on LL

      By Angelina · Posted

      Let’s just boycott all chains in favour of local businesses.  Places like Gail’s popping up everywhere has a very damaging impact on small businesses. It’s just the same as the new empanadas place but on a bigger scale. I’ll say it a million times more, we hold the power with our choices. Let’s use our power to look after ourselves and our environment (which includes small local family businesses). And yes, I also love Chacarero.

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...