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We'd rather stand on our feet in the UK rather than be on our knees in the EU.
In the EU you were so highly regarded you were above most with head and shoulders. Brexit has brought you down on your knees, all of your own doing. What a shame for a once great country.
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Wanting to leave the EU has nothing to do with the old Empire to link the two proves how little you understand us.
I'm not the author of the text. A highly regarded (dutch) historian is.
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Originally Posted by Solasch ->
In the EU you were so highly regarded you were above most with head and shoulders. Brexit has brought you down on your knees, all of your own doing. What a shame for a once great country.
Only because of the amount of money we were paying into it. the EU could not give a stuff about us
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Only because of the amount of money we were paying into it. the EU could not give a stuff about us
This hoary myth does die hard!

The UK gets far, far more out of the EU than it puts in. Far more.

And the UK can't help reform the EU - which does need doing - if it is not a member of it.
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Wanting to leave the EU has nothing to do with the old Empire to link the two proves how little you understand us.
Actually, I think there is a lot of truth in what that historian says. The mindset of a lot of people is rooted in the past.
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Actually, I think there is a lot of truth in what that historian says. The mindset of a lot of people is rooted in the past.
Damn right.

Half the Tory backbenchers, and a goodly dollop of people on these forums seem to think that Britain still has an empire.
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Originally Posted by OldFogey ->
This hoary myth does die hard!

The UK gets far, far more out of the EU than it puts in. Far more.
Care to cite figures?
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Care to cite figures?
If 17.4 mln people think it is a good idea to leave the EU, and 494 mln people think it is a stupid idea, what are the chances those 17,4 mln are right?
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If 17.4 mln people think it is a good idea to leave the EU, and 494 mln people think it is a stupid idea, what are the chances those 17,4 mln are right?
To quote that Scots guy:
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
To quote that Scots guy:
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Great quote!

Millions of people voted for Hitler.

(Though just the once).
 
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