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> any business or person with a brain or eyes to see will abandon them. I did. I’m far from alone. What’s the U.K. going to do when there’s nothing left but idi
by peteretep 6y ago
> any business or person with a brain or eyes to see will abandon them. I did. I’m far from alone. What’s the U.K. going to do when there’s nothing left but idiots and seagulls?
Right! Apart from being the 6th largest economy, a nuclear power, a permanent member of the security council, a member of FVEY, the home of two of the best universities in the world, home to London, being a cultural powerhouse for several centuries, home to one of the most established and trusted legal systems in the world, and printer of the pound sterling, the UK is basically completely irrelevant now.
... Brexit is a shit-show and probably a bad idea, but perhaps let’s keep the hyperbole to a minimum, eh?
- arethuza 6y agoWe are a bit of a second-rate nuclear power though - we are completely dependent on the US for delivery systems (Trident missiles) and, apparently, for the design of warheads. If the US decided it didn't want the UK to be a nuclear power then I don't think we'd be able to maintain the capability for very long.
- peteretep 6y agoBritain was the third nuclear power, can’t imagine they just threw the plans away... Also the French are managing to maintain theirs independently just fine.
- arethuza 6y agoI don't think a 1960's weapon design (if we ever really had them - there is some debate as to whether the UK conned the US into giving us proper multi-stage weapon designs) is going be that useful on a Trident missile.
- ck425 6y ago> two of the best universities in the world There's more than just two! Admittedly only Oxbridge are consistently top 10 but there are a disproportionate number of other UK unis in the top 200.
- peteretep 6y agoThis is absolutely correct, and also shame on me for forgetting Imperial which is usually in the top ten as well.
- bserge 6y agoThat's nice and all, but poverty in the Midlands and the north is on par with Eastern Europe. Sure, the salaries are higher, but the expenses eat up most of it. And people don't have the option of cheap countryside, living off their own land. I love the UK, but it's got some serious problems. But yeah, at least on the world stage, it's not completely irrelevant.
- claudiawerner 6y ago>home to one of the most established and trusted legal systems in the world I live in England and I have very little faith in the legal system, either in its laws or in the prison system. In fact, between criminalizing posession of some pornographic cartoons and the Snooper's Charter, not to mention the mandate that ISPs keep your history metadata for 9 months now, I have lost all faith in the English legal system. The populace that is apathetic to encroachments on rights, freedoms, and privacy, much like how it is currently trending in the US, is even worse given that there is no constitution to protect those rights, and we have to trust this government to create a 'bill of rights'. I can't be the only one incredibly cynical about what that would entail.
- dependenttypes 6y agoPlease do not forget events such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Sev..., they were arrested solely because they happened to be Irish and nearby an IRA attack. > At their trial the judge told the defendants, "If hanging were still an option you would have been executed." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Conlon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Conlon Considering the amount of cases in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Overturned_convictions_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Overturned_conviction... I would not put too much trust in the UK legal system.