gh0stpinballa posted:

i think the mistake people are making is assuming that britain is "a country" or a "nation state" anymore. it isn't. it is a bunch of land that surrounds london, and london itself is not a city, it is a gigantic washing machine for billions of dollars of blood money that flows into it from gulf states and various oligarchs and organized crime groups all around the world. it is a ghost land where ghost acts stand in for real change. brexit, like the gulf war, did not really happen. this is why i am struggling to engage with the labour leadership race - until they recognize these facts about "the united kingdom", there is no hope.

Gringostar posted:

Jel Shaker posted:

obviously northern independence is not going to happen until they set up their own central bank in Berwick-upon-tweed or wherever , although it would be pretty funny if harold hardradas modern scion invaded with a strong claim a few years after

Jazerus posted:

Britain (brɪtn) is a geographic area in the North Atlantic which consists of 13 distinct sovereign states, [...]

multijoe posted:

I honestly dread to think how many mass graves this country would produce if it ever balkanised

oliwan posted:

Is the UK the GBS of the world? Discuss.

Pryor on Fire posted:

My point is that you don't get to have the Lion, the Dragon, the Unicorn, and the goddamn bulldog on top of that. That's like owning the biggest diamond in the world and insisting your neighbor give you the biggest ruby too.

Pick one animal, you have to remove the rest from all flags and national symbols. No I don't care if it was a county 4000 years ago, your animal privileges have been revoked. I'd go with the unicorn personally because that one is definitely the funniest.

Tulip posted:

if you think our state flags are bad wait till you see our city flags

Continuity RCP posted:

https://twitter.com/robertlargan/status/1373340336689455113
Congratulations to Robert Largan for being the first establishment politician to take a swing at the Northern Independence Party and the 12,000th person to miss horribly

Jose posted:

the heptarchy is already on its way back with whatever the gently caress is going on with kent

ItohRespectArmy posted:

the scene from the simpsons with russia and the soviet union but it's "northumbria" switching to "jorvik"

Bryter posted:

That was actually the political position of the UDA’s old political wing. Britain was insufficiently British for them.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

are there any Godwins pretenders around for Northumbria to have its own stupid and symbolic monarchy

quote:

Every king of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom from that point until the present day is descended from Isabella of France, the great(x7) granddaughter of Harold Godwinson.

lumpentroll posted:

the hadradas are extinct

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

people always get new zealand and australia mixed up

Breakfast All Day posted:

lmao i didnt realize he was the shadow minister for skills

Jose posted:

Lmao. Easily the funniest result


https://twitter.com/BBCJamesCook/status/1374036694677258245?s=19

V. Illych L. posted:

not convinced that weird sex acts is going to damage johnson's image tbh

Jose posted:

twitter is going to melt the gently caress down, like servers on fire style, when the queen dies lmao

i say swears online posted:

y'all know she's gonna live to 112

PawParole posted:

https://twitter.com/getfiscal/status/1380640068692508676

Giedroyc posted:

I don't think Danny Devito spent 70 years attending public engagements/charity work/setting up charities and fought in World War 2 though...

You can dismiss the monarchy as privilege, but you can't argue with what the bloke did over such a long time and the lives his work impacted. There are far far worse royals who did little in comparison.

THS posted:

im losing my mind over someone reading cspam and being exactly that jello brained. the 2001 regdate is also loving me up. good god