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Well said. As a UK national, I have to prefer being beaten with relish by genuine sadists (the UK government), rather than by sadists who pretend to have some

Well said. As a UK national, I have to prefer being beaten with relish by genuine sadists (the UK government), rather than by sadists who pretend to have some heart left over.

sangnoir 3y ago
Mission accomplished! Good luck with, well, everything & looking forward to seeing you in back in the Union within 2 generations! Without the prior exemptions & special treatment, naturally.
- ThisIsNotNew 3y ago
  Many Brits against Brexit and who want to rejoin EU disagree and believe EU wants UK back so much it'll offer the same terms as before.
  - idiotsecant 3y ago
    I don't have any skin in this particular game but it sure seems to me that the UK is the one who stands to gain the most out of this particular transaction...
  - shadowgovt 3y ago
    That arrangement of incentives seems about as likely as the US agreeing to take the UK on as the fifty-first state.
    - blibble 3y ago
      I mean if you're all about maximising economic gain over sovereignty: joining the much larger (and growing) US makes much more sense than the declining EU
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- YeGoblynQueenne 3y ago
  Curb your schadenfreude. The way things are going, there may not be a union in two generations. Most EU countries have an ultra-right wing, nationalist and euroskeptic party in their parliament (I just don't want to say "fascist"). At least three (Italy, Hungary and Poland) have one in government. In France, Mme Le Pen has consistently got to the second round of presidential elections for the last ... three? Four? elections? Things aren't going well.
  - sangnoir 3y ago
    > The way things are going, there may not be a union in two generations. You mean might be a new union? I can agree with that. A fragmented Europe is not stable, if the EU dissolves in the next 10 years, it's almost certain there will be some sort of union in the next 2 generations. Whether there'll be another war in Western Europe between now and then is another question altogether.
  - raverbashing 3y ago
    Now thanks to Brexit they're all playing 'chicken' in actually leaving. Because they like the money better. (though I'm not betting on Hungary much) Leaving was their 'controversy of the day', there are other ones they can use to pent up dissent.

Well said. As a UK national, I have to prefer being beaten with relish by genuine sadists (the UK government), rather than by sadists who pretend to have some heart left over.

sangnoir 3y ago

Mission accomplished! Good luck with, well, everything & looking forward to seeing you in back in the Union within 2 generations! Without the prior exemptions & special treatment, naturally.

ThisIsNotNew 3y ago
Many Brits against Brexit and who want to rejoin EU disagree and believe EU wants UK back so much it'll offer the same terms as before.
- idiotsecant 3y ago
  I don't have any skin in this particular game but it sure seems to me that the UK is the one who stands to gain the most out of this particular transaction...
- shadowgovt 3y ago
  That arrangement of incentives seems about as likely as the US agreeing to take the UK on as the fifty-first state.
  - blibble 3y ago
    I mean if you're all about maximising economic gain over sovereignty: joining the much larger (and growing) US makes much more sense than the declining EU
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YeGoblynQueenne 3y ago
Curb your schadenfreude. The way things are going, there may not be a union in two generations. Most EU countries have an ultra-right wing, nationalist and euroskeptic party in their parliament (I just don't want to say "fascist"). At least three (Italy, Hungary and Poland) have one in government. In France, Mme Le Pen has consistently got to the second round of presidential elections for the last ... three? Four? elections? Things aren't going well.
- sangnoir 3y ago
  > The way things are going, there may not be a union in two generations. You mean might be a new union? I can agree with that. A fragmented Europe is not stable, if the EU dissolves in the next 10 years, it's almost certain there will be some sort of union in the next 2 generations. Whether there'll be another war in Western Europe between now and then is another question altogether.
- raverbashing 3y ago
  Now thanks to Brexit they're all playing 'chicken' in actually leaving. Because they like the money better. (though I'm not betting on Hungary much) Leaving was their 'controversy of the day', there are other ones they can use to pent up dissent.