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posted on 9/9/22

comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by GregUnited (U1192)
posted 9 minutes ago
Why do we want the United kingdoms to become the individual kingdoms, like they were a thousand years ago?
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Self determination, I suspect.
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In a nutshell, yes. Many, many reasons for it though.
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I don't think we all do, don't we?

posted on 9/9/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by GregUnited (U1192)
posted 9 minutes ago
Why do we want the United kingdoms to become the individual kingdoms, like they were a thousand years ago?
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Self determination, I suspect.
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In a nutshell, yes. Many, many reasons for it though.
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I don't think we all do, don't we?
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I don’t understand your question.

posted on 9/9/22

Back to The Queen...

“Your Majesty, Please accept our deepest condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

"The most important events in the recent history of the United Kingdom are inextricably linked with the name of Her Majesty.

“For many decades, Elizabeth II rightfully enjoyed the love and respect of her subjects, as well as authority on the world stage.

"I wish you courage and perseverance in the face of this heavy, irreparable loss.

“I ask you to convey the words of sincere sympathy and support to the members of the royal family and all the people of Great Britain.

Sincerely, Vladimir Putin.

___

Red Russian.

Can you pls translate this with your experience of Putin's language?

posted on 9/9/22

comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by GregUnited (U1192)
posted 9 minutes ago
Why do we want the United kingdoms to become the individual kingdoms, like they were a thousand years ago?
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Self determination, I suspect.
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In a nutshell, yes. Many, many reasons for it though.
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I don't think we all do, don't we?
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I don’t understand your question.
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the question was Why do we want the United kingdoms to become the individual kingdoms, like they were a thousand years ago?

there was my answer to this question.

posted on 9/9/22

Great article RR.

Essentially what I was trying to get at with my earlier article but you got the point across better.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 54 seconds ago
comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Marcus The Triumvir Antony (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by GregUnited (U1192)
posted 9 minutes ago
Why do we want the United kingdoms to become the individual kingdoms, like they were a thousand years ago?
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Self determination, I suspect.
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In a nutshell, yes. Many, many reasons for it though.
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I don't think we all do, don't we?
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I don’t understand your question.
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the question was Why do we want the United kingdoms to become the individual kingdoms, like they were a thousand years ago?

there was my answer to this question.
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I understood the original question. I just didn’t understand your answer in the form of a question.

“ I don't think we all do, don't we?”

Did you mean: I don’t think we all do, do we?

Or

I think we all do, don’t we?

Two different viewpoints. I gather it was a typo, so just wondered what you meant.

posted on 9/9/22

I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I agree that not everyone wants to see the breakup of the UK. In fact the majority don’t, mainly because England has the larger population) but there is a growing support for it in Scotland (I believe) and particularly in Wales.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I agree that not everyone wants to see the breakup of the UK. In fact the majority don’t, mainly because England has the larger population) but there is a growing support for it in Scotland (I believe) and particularly in Wales.
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Get away from the Babyern. We’ve never looked back

posted on 9/9/22

comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 16 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I agree that not everyone wants to see the breakup of the UK. In fact the majority don’t, mainly because England has the larger population) but there is a growing support for it in Scotland (I believe) and particularly in Wales.
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I think you will find that in Scotland support for independence is actually falling. In Wales it is rising. Im not taking a side here but just getting the facts right.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 16 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I agree that not everyone wants to see the breakup of the UK. In fact the majority don’t, mainly because England has the larger population) but there is a growing support for it in Scotland (I believe) and particularly in Wales.
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I think you will find that in Scotland support for independence is actually falling. In Wales it is rising. Im not taking a side here but just getting the facts right.
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I stand corrected on Scotland, but I did caveat it with the “I believe”.
Support definitely on the rise in Wales though.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I agree that not everyone wants to see the breakup of the UK. In fact the majority don’t, mainly because England has the larger population) but there is a growing support for it in Scotland (I believe) and particularly in Wales.
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Scotland and Wales could make a new Union. ‘Scales’ or ‘Waltland’..national flag could be a guy in a dress holding a sword, bumming a sheep?

posted on 9/9/22

Anyway, clocking off work now, and heading home through the Evo Triangle. Nice drive home.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I agree that not everyone wants to see the breakup of the UK. In fact the majority don’t, mainly because England has the larger population) but there is a growing support for it in Scotland (I believe) and particularly in Wales.
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Scotland and Wales could make a new Union. ‘Scales’ or ‘Waltland’..national flag could be a guy in a dress holding a sword, bumming a sheep?
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Was that funny in your head? I’ll read your reply, if you bother, after my drive home. 👍🏻

posted on 9/9/22

comment by Henry Chinaski (U21800)
posted 25 minutes ago
Great article RR.
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Seconded.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
I mean, I don't think we all do.

Which is probably the correct answer.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I agree that not everyone wants to see the breakup of the UK. In fact the majority don’t, mainly because England has the larger population) but there is a growing support for it in Scotland (I believe) and particularly in Wales.
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Scotland and Wales could make a new Union. ‘Scales’ or ‘Waltland’..national flag could be a guy in a dress holding a sword, bumming a sheep?
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Was that funny in your head? I’ll read your reply, if you bother, after my drive home. 👍🏻
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I’m just being silly. I think you have a point and it’s probably inevitable that either Wales or Scotland or both will leave at some stage in the next decade. On the balance it’s what I think the people there want, Scotland only narrowly decided to stay last time I believe. Given the last few years and the tories, the appetite I would imagine would be higher now.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U9094)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Afternoon Diafol.
I wonder if the Queen passing will weaken the Union in any way. Could it somewhat hasten the independence of Scotland, and more importantly to me, Wales?
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It's a tough one really. On hand hand it could but, on the flip side, the overt nationalism we'll see over the next few weeks could tip it the other way. One thing is clear to me though. How the Indy movements deal with the Queen's death will be interesting. It'll need to be respectful, not hypocritical though, because if it's not showing respect they could lose those 'not sure' people and those are the people that need to be won over.

For me it isn't about leaving UK/England. It's about making decisions for us in our own country. It's very telling IMO that there's no English parliament.

posted on 9/9/22

To add I do think there will be an upturn in the Scottish Indy polls for 'Yes' if and when the referendum there is called.

posted on 9/9/22

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posted on 9/9/22

What’s the appetite in Wales for independence? Do you think there would be enough in a referendum?

posted on 9/9/22

comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 8 minutes ago
What’s the appetite in Wales for independence? Do you think there would be enough in a referendum?
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Not yet. It's polling at around 30% at the moment. However, at the same stage for when Scotland went for Indy they were polling much lower. It's only when there was a concerted effort that they got up to the 40% mark.

I think Scotland would vote to leave next time. For us here I don't think it would happen until the older people who have moved here to live have passed away. The county I live in, for example, has quite a high average age due to people moving to cheaper houses to live by the sea. Where I live it's Tory which I think is pretty amazing considering being Welsh and Tory doesn't go together really!

posted on 9/9/22

Surprised I thought Wales would be higher than 30%. So when you say older people do you mean English folks who moved there to retire with cheaper housing and beautiful countryside? Didn’t realise there’d be that many.

posted on 9/9/22

comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 3 minutes ago
Surprised I thought Wales would be higher than 30%. So when you say older people do you mean English folks who moved there to retire with cheaper housing and beautiful countryside? Didn’t realise there’d be that many.
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That's what it's polling at currently. It may not be telling the whole story though. We also have a large border with England and many families will be a mix of Welsh/English so may consider themselves more British than any of the individual countries. Could also be a bit of Stockholm Syndrome as well. I think the best chance for here is in a generation as it is polling much higher in the youths.

posted on 9/9/22

We should play this all day every day here I think!

https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1568239667744575491?s=20&t=dDXVMwDbqP4JHBjT6ocmVg

posted on 9/9/22

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