I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all
> But she's using them to pursue far-right extremist Tory policy - which means the end of the welfare state, the end of affordable public health insurance, the end of free education, and so on
I must have missed these parts of the tory manifesto, can you point out where any of these things are promised, or being acted upon?
> Wales is making noises about leaving, so is London
both completely unrealistic
this sort of hysteria helps no-one, and only undermines any genuine points you may have
Which bit of the UK were you living in?
Was it under a rock? Because I lived the first 26 years of my life in the U.K. and practically every conversation around patriotism was a bunch of faded empire nostalgia.
Hell, the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony contained a lot of it.
I have lived there for ten, and heard it all the time.
It's a world leader in environmental standards, and some countries - like Germany - are working towards moving to an economy that runs exclusively on renewables.
You're certainly not going to find that kind of resistance in any of the Anglo countries.
Microsoft bundling a media player is nothing in comparison
of course, MS, Google and Apple are American firms, while VW is German
What collaboration? Do you have links? I really ignore it.
[1] https://fullfact.org/europe/did-auditors-sign-eu-budget/
didn't know Ireland was in the UK?
As opossed to the tribal flag waving from the bureaucrats in Brussels and those they've brainwashed into supporting them?
They think politics is a football match. Their team won the match and now they're oh so happy.
May is playing to that base. But she's using them to pursue far-right extremist Tory policy - which means the end of the welfare state, the end of affordable public health insurance, the end of free education, and so on.
A small cabal of business insiders, including not a few US corporations, stand to profit mightily from all this, even though it will leave most of the population in permanent financial insecurity and/or catastrophic debt.
Of course it's nonsense, and will turn the UK into some kind of fascist North Korea for a decade or so.
The EU is the only organisation that has some interest, no matter how patchy (sorry Greece...), in maintaining humane government and corporate oversight across most of the region.
With the EU out of the picture, the radical neoliberalisation of England can proceed at full speed. (Scotland will probably leave, Ireland will turn back into a mess, Wales is making noises about leaving, so is London, and so to a much lesser extent are some of the regions.)
Most of the people who voted for Brexit will be horribly damaged by this, but by the time they realise they've been conned it will be too late.