(February 24, 2019 at 10:59 am)Yonadav Wrote:(February 24, 2019 at 10:53 am)Mathilda Wrote: That's interesting to hear because the perception in Europe is very different. America is more likely to be viewed as imperialistic. The motivation for the European Union isn't just to stop another European war but to give us clout to resist American standards. A huge fear about Brexit for example is that a trade deal with America will see much lower standards in food, farming and health care.
Yeah, we know about being seen as imperialists. And we are. Cheer up. In the aftermath of a hard Brexit, you folks might become our 51st state.
I think if Brexit proves anything it's that Britain will never become the 51st state of America. Look at how the country is on course to destroy itself as a backlash against being part of a union that actually benefits us and gives us loads of preferable treatment.
Anyway. I live in Scotland. We're more likely to claim independence and rejoin the EU. Northern Ireland will unify with Ireland and that just leaves England and Wales. Give it a few years for the baby boomers to die out and they'll be asking to be let back into the EU because the younger generation voted to remain by a large margin.
