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27-10-2018, 02:43 PM
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Why should you need to plead? Countries will be queing up to do trade with the UK. You seem to have come to a different conclusion?

'Cos he always was a miserable little pleader!!!
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27-10-2018, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Solasch ->
The EU was devised to prevent julie's son and mine would stand against one another in the battlefield. So far the EU succeeded.
You seem certain we would have been at war, I thought all that was behind us. If we haven't learned our lessons in two world wars perhaps we don't deserve peace.
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27-10-2018, 03:12 PM
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You seem certain we would have been at war, I thought all that was behind us. If we haven't learned our lessons in two world wars perhaps we don't deserve peace.
The two ww are just a matter of definition. The europeans have more than 2000 years of history with constant war somewhere in the region. Even in former yugoslavia war inflamed the people. During the existence of the EU it's peoples have been at peace. As you know the competetion between the former yugoslavian countries is now settled in the eurovision song contest.
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27-10-2018, 04:26 PM
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It is embarrassing that we turned our backs on you. Actually, as ever, it was our politicians who did that. And now we are going to come back pleading for your support yet again.
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Of course JBR , you and the rest of the UK are welcome back in the EU. Just follow the application procedure described in article 49.
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27-10-2018, 06:16 PM
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No. We shall continue to participate in NATO.

If the EU decides to create its own 'army' we should leave them to it and withdraw any help of ours. I have a distinct feeling that America would do the same.

That would be interesting.

I wonder how effective the unified countries of Europe would be at resisting potential Russian expansion.

Interesting times ahead.

Are you saying that if a European Army was set up and Europe was invaded, we wouldn't send our troops?

Just think, due to the cut backs in spending caused by brexit we could reintroduce to the battle field our much feared long bow.
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27-10-2018, 06:57 PM
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Are you saying that if a European Army was set up and Europe was invaded, we wouldn't send our troops?

Just think, due to the cut backs in spending caused by brexit we could reintroduce to the battle field our much feared long bow.
Not sure we could find enough Yew trees to make them now.
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28-10-2018, 09:12 AM
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Re: EU Swindle Of The Century

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Are you saying that if a European Army was set up and Europe was invaded, we wouldn't send our troops?

Just think, due to the cut backs in spending caused by brexit we could reintroduce to the battle field our much feared long bow.

One question - how would we transport any troops, if we can rustle up a dad's army armed with a few shot guns and pitch forks??? - the last I heard 50% of our navy were abroad in America in that sodding great waste of space called HMS QE, the other 50% being on a ship that hasn't yet completed its build and had its sea trials.
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28-10-2018, 10:08 AM
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Re: EU Swindle Of The Century

Originally Posted by Solasch ->
The EU was devised to prevent julie's son and mine would stand against one another in the battlefield. So far the EU succeeded.
That's not strictly true

The EU was set up because Mainland European nations had developed a silly habit of invading each other and pinching bits of each other's countries with a view to dominating the whoe continent.

Of course, it was mainly France ( Napolean)and Germany( Prussia) that did this but many other countries/Empires also developed this habit
This then invariably resulted in Great Britain getting dragged in to the fray to sort out their shit....Something we have been very successful at doing .

Germany and France are now attempting to dominate Europe through the vehicle of the EU. The vassal states oh Holland , Belgium, Sweden and Denmark are shamelessly assisting them in this endeavour.
As with all other attempts to dominate the continent of Europe it will end in failure, rancour, blame and conflict and , no doubt an independent UK will have to step in and get them out of the shit again.
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28-10-2018, 12:12 PM
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The EU was set up because Mainland European nations had developed a silly habit of invading each other and pinching bits of each other's countries with a view to dominating the whoe continent.

Of course, it was mainly France ( Napolean)and Germany( Prussia) that did this but many other countries/Empires also developed this habit
This then invariably resulted in Great Britain getting dragged in to the fray to sort out their shit....Something we have been very successful at doing .

Germany and France are now attempting to dominate Europe through the vehicle of the EU. The vassal states oh Holland , Belgium, Sweden and Denmark are shamelessly assisting them in this endeavour.
As with all other attempts to dominate the continent of Europe it will end in failure, rancour, blame and conflict and , no doubt an independent UK will have to step in and get them out of the shit again.
My feelings exactly. I agree completely with the one exception of the last sentence: we should never again put our own lives on the line to help ungrateful European countries from a fate they have willingly walked into.

What makes it worse is that so many of them (certainly on here) exhibit such anti-British attitudes, they don't deserve our help. Let them help themselves... if they can. They've had plenty of warnings.
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28-10-2018, 12:37 PM
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Simplistic thinking like this would have ended up with us subsumed into the USSR or Third Reich.
 
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