No way mate....rejection cuts both ways.

The pound is the pound principally because of the south of England.

Once they leave they can stop leeching off the English and join Germany's currency.

Edited by Stirlingsays (27 Mar 2017 12.51pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Is that the same South of England that get's the biggest (or second biggest) subsidy per head of population in the whole of the UK?

Big chest and massive boobs

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Depends what you mean by 'south'. A fifth of the income earned in London is used to fund the rest of the country.

England's main cities are the economic powerhouse of the union.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

People do care, it's the government that don't give a toss. There have been 2 Westminster hall debates where people from across the political spectrum have come together to try and get the govt to impose sanctions on turkey or at least openly criticise because of the treatment of the 100,00 public sector workers imprisoned or purged, or the complete shutdown of the free press, the arresting of opposition politicians including the party leaders based on trumped up charges of links to the YPK. The referendum next month will turn Turkey in to an autocratic Islamist dictatorship and its like watching Iran all over again. A wonderful country is losing its way. This is a referendum where the word no is banned, no smoking signed have been changed to say please avoid smoking and meetings of no voters are banned as incitement to riot.

The Minister responded to all this concern in both debates basically saying, 'Turkey is our friend and we have just signed a new deal to build their fighter jets, its fine'

The government don't care. Don't believe me, check Hansard. Soon enough it will go in to a debate in the Commons itself and when it does it will be way too late but at least you can see for yourself how little sh*t the government give.

I sit corrected sir.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Yes, but the thing that tends to make Northern Ireland look 'a bit tame' is the population size. If the troubles had been in a nation the size of the US, it would have resulted in around 600,000 deaths (scaling by population figures only).

Northern Ireland is hopefully a spectre laid to rest. And whilst some terrible people have some credit in that, the real factor is the people of Northern Ireland who've shifted away from the artificial divides and driven progress.

Its likely that the generations of kids (and their kids) who grew up on both sides of the divide, were at least as important as any Adams, Paisley or McGuiness.

We tend to forget them when it comes to NI.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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