Britain as a 51st state ?

[Robert May Eng.]

As we apparently dont like Europe :laugh:

Bob

Should Britain and the United States merge? – Telegraph Blogs



Captain 2strokes comment.

Eh ?
What do they mean " join with America "?
Why should we " join" with our largest - if somewhat bankrupt, unjust, violent and decaying - colony ?

 

[Larry L.]

You Brits are on your socialist OWN 'far as I'm concerned!!!

We have enough people over here right now who want YOUR system/style/attitude with regard to what govt ought to be/do/provide!!!

May I respectfully say, NUTS TO THAT!!!

 

[roaldin]

Last thing any civilised country needs is to be forced to take America under its wing. ;p

Tim

 

[Keith]

You Brits are on your socialist OWN 'far as I'm concerned!!!

We have enough people over here right now who want YOUR system/style/attitude with regard to what govt ought to be/do/provide!!!

May I respectfully say, NUTS TO THAT!!!

Excellent comment! Fully agree....

 

[Keith]

What do they mean " join with America "?
Why should we " join" with our largest - if somewhat bankrupt, unjust, violent and decaying - colony ?

Excellent comment! Fully agree.....

 

[David Morton]

Fuck no.
3,000 miles is hardly enough.

 

[Keith]

No worries David, we are moving away...but I fear the rate is slower than you would prefer...

 

[Jeff Young]

If you dig down into those links, there are some interesting articles not so much on political union (which yeah, you guys don't want to mess with, I agree), but more on an economic "Anglosphere" of the US, Canada and the UK. THe idea is something like the EC but instead of joining a hodge podge of European countries, teh UK joins (economically) with two similar, resource laden and productive societies -- Canada and the US.

Interesting idea really. I do think the US and the UK have far more in common than the US does with Mexico, or the UK with say Italy. Perhaps there is a mutually beneficial relationship there, beyond what we have now.

 

[Mark]

OMG, for the second time in my life, I find myself agreeing with Jeff!

 

[Mark]

Larry makes a good point too. The sad fact is that we are a socialist society, just in denial.

Reds in the bed. Apparently every person employed on the London Underground is a hero! According to their Scargill wanna-be mouth-piece Bob Crow.

 

[Mark]

As an aside, does movement of the tectonic plates, fall under the same category of natural circumstances, as the weather/climate? Or is that man-made too?

 

[Keith]

Depends if your bird washed them properly after dinner dun it....

 

[Keith]

Larry makes a good point too. The sad fact is that we are a socialist society, just in denial.

Reds in the bed. Apparently every person employed on the London Underground is a hero! According to their Scargill wanna-be mouth-piece Bob Crow.

They're all munts....

Nothing wrong with a bit of right wing socialism old bean. Worked wonders for Bliar. Fifty million smackeroonies - that's not a trifle.

Bring on the champagne!

 

[Mark]

Do try to be clear Keith!

What exactly, are you saying?

 

[Robert May Eng.]

No worries David, we are moving away...but I fear the rate is slower than you would prefer...

I suppose eventually the states will crash into China and GB will end up in the middle of the Atlantic as a mini America:furious:

Bob

 

[colin artus]

Leave EU and join EFTA and NAFTA.

 

[Stephen Ducker]

The UK was one of the founder members of EFTA, however we left in the seventies when we joined the 'Common Market' as that kind of replaced it.

I wasn't old enough to vote that time, but I hope to have the opportunity to vote to leave one day !

Regards Steve

 

[marc]

I like the tea but could do without the punters and the nutters. And you have get rid of Heathrow. Really.

 

[roaldin]

I like the tea but could do without the punters and the nutters. And you have get rid of Heathrow. Really.

I'm just going to quietly mutter something about irony...

Tim.

 

[Keith]

I'm just going to quietly mutter something about irony...

Tim.

It did cross my mind..... :thinking2: