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While Brexit is, quite possibly, the dumbest thing I'm probably going to see a nation state do in my lifetime, it is fascinating to live in London while it all
by te_chris 10y ago
While Brexit is, quite possibly, the dumbest thing I'm probably going to see a nation state do in my lifetime, it is fascinating to live in London while it all explodes.
Cameron, surely, will have to go down as one of worst, most narcissistic leaders in the 21st Century. If not, it's a hell of a bar he's set, staging a vague refendum, excluding the people who it most directly affects (UK nationals in the EU) from voting and not including some kind of confirmation option.
Saddest part is the delusion of the British ruling class. That they think they're somehow going to matter more to the world as a small partner to China/USA rather than as a dominating member of the EU is hilarious if it weren't so sad.
For context: I'm a NZer living in the UK. We're a small country at the mercy of big countries with little actual power. That the UK elected itself to be like us is just ridiculous, but c'est la vie.
- pyb 10y agoYes, plan A is the UK voluntarily making itself a satellite state of the US. If that wasn't bad enough, a satellite state of Trump's United States.
- godzillabrennus 10y agoTrump might take that option. He'd get to actually be an emperor if he ceded the USA back to the U.K. in exchange for the crown.
- m_t 10y ago> excluding the people who it most directly affects (UK nationals in the EU) And EU nationals in the UK.