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**emjay** · June 26, 2016 at 2:57 pm

(June 26, 2016 at 2:26 pm)abaris Wrote:
(June 26, 2016 at 2:11 pm)Tiberius Wrote: If they were another "United Kingdom" in the world, it would be pretty ambiguous.

It's rather Great Britain for us. Or, if we're lazy, it's only England, although that doesn't cover all of it - as of yet. Hardly anyone uses the equivalent of UK, apart from a few news anchors and journalists to have another word at their disposal. For variety.

It was Great Britain... now it's:

[Image: littlebritain_zpse8aoeazh.jpg]

**Alex K** · June 26, 2016 at 3:06 pm

I was about to post that, Tibs. Sounds plausible, and the longer they wait, the less anyone will want to do it I guess.

abaris · June 26, 2016 at 3:08 pm

(June 26, 2016 at 3:06 pm)Alex K Wrote: I was about to post that, Tibs. Sounds plausible, and the longer they wait, the less anyone will want to do it I guess.

But the EU has to respond in some way to convey the message of this not being the most profitable move. Otherwise it's open season for every nationalist in every country to cash in.

~~Edwardo Piet~~ · (This post was last modified: June 26, 2016 at 3:11 pm by Edwardo Piet.)

It hardly surprises me that perhaps the best thing Cameron has ever done is resign Big Grin

I hope all the Tories are too cowardly to trigger it Big Grin

abaris · June 26, 2016 at 3:14 pm

(June 26, 2016 at 3:11 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: It hardly surprises me that perhaps the best thing Cameron has ever done is resign

But he hasn't got the bollocks to move his ass out of Downing Street right this fucking moment. As long as he doesn't, there's a sitting duck residing at #10, with all the consequences of nothing getting decided.

LastPoet · June 26, 2016 at 3:17 pm

(June 26, 2016 at 2:57 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Thoughts?

About what? The rats being first abandoning ship? They have the perfect excuse: "we were only doing the british people's will".

I_am_not_mafia · June 26, 2016 at 3:25 pm

(June 26, 2016 at 2:24 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The dummies better get a guarantee that they can get into the EU before they jump out of the UK.

We're already in the EU. There has already been talk that we can get fast tracked.

~~Edwardo Piet~~ · June 26, 2016 at 3:25 pm

Leaving the EU is insane.

I_am_not_mafia · June 26, 2016 at 3:26 pm

(June 26, 2016 at 2:41 pm)abaris Wrote: I'm talking about German speaking countries. Großbritannien instead of Vereinigtes Königreich.

I always wrote Großbritannien on my letters home because I could never remember how to spell Vereinigtes Königreich.

I_am_not_mafia · June 26, 2016 at 3:30 pm

(June 26, 2016 at 3:11 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: It hardly surprises me that perhaps the best thing Cameron has ever done is resign

I hope all the Tories are too cowardly to trigger it

The one who wields the knife in the Tory party never gets power.

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