Ask an Englishman.

[Dystopia]

Do Englishmen all wear moustaches, monocles, smoke pipe, drink tea and speak with a pompous accent (bonus points if you are wearing a fine tailored suit)?

[SteelCurtain]

Answer me Englishman!!!

What the HELL is Pennyroyal Tea!!!!!!?????

[dahrling]

Even the posh? Don't tell me Downton Abbey isn't real

Especially them lot! Fucking lunatics, the lots of 'em. Did you know they grind up poor people and put them in lasagne's, then sell them to Tesco? Or maybe it was horses. Either way, the rich be crazy.

I'm guessing you or the character you just created voted for the Labor party during the last election 

What do you think of UKIP? 

[Iroscato]

Well, I have always considered living in England (or somewhere in Europe) when I get out of the military. What are some pro's and con's to everyday life there?

Phew...that would take a much longer post than I'm prepared to commit to, it being 2:40 am here and all that...(I'm in full insomniac mode, but that doesn't extend to essays).
Some of the big ones -
Pros -
Less of an emphasis on religion, the majority here are definitely atheist, or very casually christian or muslim. Different areas have different percentages like any other place, but taken as a national average, I'd say religion has taken a backseat in recent decades.
We have Simon Pegg, despite you theiving bastards trying to take him from us at every turn
Lovely countryside, and plenty of old castles and other old buildings. There's some bloody gorgeous ruined abbeys in York and other cities, I've walked around in one and it's incredible.
London is great, there's always something interesting happening no matter what direction you look.

Cons -
The English Defence League, Britain First and other assorted racist hatfucker organisations. Less prevelant these days but they're still out there.
The BBC and other powerful institutions appear to be run almost exclusively by paedophiles.
Most of our towns are quite filthy, and more attention needs to be paid to cleaning the streets up via community efforts or better council management.

[c172]

UKIP sounds like something from 4chan.

[Iroscato]

How about Scotland?

Personally I love Scotland, and am constantly confounded by our two nation's apparent hatred for one another. It seems akin to an old married couple, who constantly bicker and moan about each other, but really are quite fond of each other deep down and need each other, which we do.

Answer me Englishman!!!

What the HELL is Pennyroyal Tea!!!!!!?????

I cannot help you in this respect, m'afraid. Sounds disgusting.

I'm guessing you voted for the Labor party during the last election Tongue

What do you think of UKIP? Huh

Good guess. Clearly you dabble in witchcraft and must be taken to the burning stake! O.o
UKIP is made of almost entirely of old, stuffy, racist knobkockeys who are scared of black people. That's literally their entire identity as a party, and I have no time for them. Nigel Farage is a bit of a laugh though.

Do Englishmen all wear moustaches, monocles, smoke pipe, drink tea and speak with a pompous accent (bonus points if you are wearing a fine tailored suit)?

I cannot bring myself to disappoint you, so I'm going with 'yes'

[dahrling]

I'm guessing you voted for the Labor party during the last election  Tongue

What do you think of UKIP?  Huh

Good guess. Clearly you dabble in witchcraft and must be taken to the burning stake! O.o
UKIP is made of almost entirely of old, stuffy, racist knobkockeys who are scared of black people. That's literally their entire identity as a party, and I have no time for them. Nigel Farage is a bit of a laugh though.

I thought the identity of the party was made of anti-immigration policies and a referendum to exit the EU 

How do you feel about the recent influx of people from an Islamic background coming to the UK and maintaining their religious identity (as Muslims)?

[Saxmoof]

Good guess. Clearly you dabble in witchcraft and must be taken to the burning stake! O.o

UKIP is made of almost entirely of old, stuffy, racist knobkockeys who are scared of black people. That's literally their entire identity as a party, and I have no time for them. Nigel Farage is a bit of a laugh though.

Not to mention how they've tricked stupid people into thinking they're the party of the working class. Where do you live Iros and how did the voting break down there?

I thought the identity of the party was made of anti-immigration policies and a referendum to exit the EU 

The only reason they want to leave the EU is to stop the influx of immigrants, the only reason they want to stop the influx of immigrants is because they're racists, they try and put hard-nosed logic behind their positions by stating all the ways immigrants drain our public services etc. but none of them are true - they're just freaked out by different people and they blame them for the fact that there's not much money, that's all

[Iroscato]

Good guess. Clearly you dabble in witchcraft and must be taken to the burning stake! O.o
UKIP is made of almost entirely of old, stuffy, racist knobkockeys who are scared of black people. That's literally their entire identity as a party, and I have no time for them. Nigel Farage is a bit of a laugh though.

I thought the identity of the party was a stance on anti-immigration policies and an exit from the EU 

How do you feel about the recent influx of people from Islamic backgrounds that are coming to the U.K and maintaining their religious identity as Muslims?

Well, outwardly it's that, but inwardly the barely-repressed racism stinks like you wouldn't believe. I doubt they could organise an orgy in a whorehouse, let alone govern an entire country.
As for incoming Muslims...one of the things I'm most proud of about my country is our attempts to include people of any background and accomodate them (again, speaking generally of course). However, there are limits to what's acceptable and what isn't, and I daresay there are quite a few muslims who are taking the piss with that goodwill. Aside from their religion being laughable bullshit like any other, my personal muslim friends are lovely people, I just wish we could all get along as one big happy family, get high as fuck together and enjoy life. That extends to the entire human race, really, but I know it's a pipe dream.

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Not to mention how they've tricked stupid people into thinking they're the party of the working class. Where do you live Iros and how did the voting break down there?

The Tories have done quite a good job of that as well, the bastards. I live in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Our MP remained Conservative, and I think most of the region did as well.

[dahrling]

Well, outwardly it's that, but inwardly the barely-repressed racism stinks like you wouldn't believe. I doubt they could organise an orgy in a whorehouse, let alone govern an entire country.
As for incoming Muslims...one of the things I'm most proud of about my country is our attempts to include people of any background and accomodate them (again, speaking generally of course). However, there are limits to what's acceptable and what isn't, and I daresay there are quite a few muslims who are taking the piss with that goodwill. Aside from their religion being laughable bullshit like any other, my personal muslim friends are lovely people, I just wish we could all get along as one big happy family, get high as fuck together and enjoy life. That extends to the entire human race, really, but I know it's a pipe dream.

Isn't it true that most of these people make little to no effort to integrate into your culture?
And isn't it true that many of them rely on government benefits instead of working to support themselves?