U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks

Re:U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks by blibble on Monday March 20, 2017 @10:17AM (#13914396)

> There's a solid base of racist idiots in the UK - proud "patriots" who don't understand how to invest in the future, but do understand tribal flag waving and imperial nostalgia.

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

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Re:U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks by corford on Monday March 20, 2017 @10:39AM (#13914559)

>I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all

Which bit of the UK were you living in?

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Re:U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks by abritinthebay on Monday March 20, 2017 @09:41PM (#13919126)

> I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all

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.

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Re:U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks by mdekkers on Monday March 20, 2017 @03:57PM (#13917170)

I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all

I have lived there for ten, and heard it all the time.

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