They stayed in large due to the fact they were told "if you leave the UK, you'll have to apply for your own EU membership". Now that this point has been rendered moot...
You forgot Sweden, which hasn't been in a war since 1806.
It should also be noted that Norway and Switzerland pay to access the EU single market, and part of that price is acceptance of freedom of movement for labour. The UK has been wanting to have its cake and to eat, too, in this regard... finally throwing a shit-fit and quitting when it found that British exceptionalism doesn't play very well outside rural England and Wales.
20 years from now, the Kingdom of England and Wales will be a backwater. And Europe will be doing just fine without it.
Britain needs Europe. Whether Europe needs Britain is not nearly so certain.
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This.
I'm sure that your Uncle Vlad relishes the thought.
You're deluding yourself.
The EU has already made it clear that Out means Out, and they're not offering any do-overs.
Thank you for proving circle's point.
+10, On The Damn Money.
Feel free to stay in your little playpen, then, where you feel safe from the doings of adults.
We'll check back in a century or two, to see whether you've grown up yet.
Not at all off-topic.
As I've already noted, this is the heart of the Leave argument: Racism.
What's hilarious is that you lot helped start it all by importing colonials as cheap labour back when you still actually had an Empire.
Gibraltar voted 96% Remain.
You're being a dick. Try to behave a bit better.
I can't tell if you're attempting to make a joke...
Obviously not.
I'm visiting London next week. Want to see it before it looks like Detroit.
The Leave argument in a nutshell. Good, old-fashioned racism. Thanks for showing us your true colours.
They stayed in large due to the fact they were told "if you leave the UK, you'll have to apply for your own EU membership". Now that this point has been rendered moot...
And when your sibling's drinking has turned into alcoholism and he can no longer hold a job, you cut him off until he gets into rehab.
Nobody likes a quitter.
You forgot Sweden, which hasn't been in a war since 1806.
It should also be noted that Norway and Switzerland pay to access the EU single market, and part of that price is acceptance of freedom of movement for labour. The UK has been wanting to have its cake and to eat, too, in this regard... finally throwing a shit-fit and quitting when it found that British exceptionalism doesn't play very well outside rural England and Wales.
20 years from now, the Kingdom of England and Wales will be a backwater. And Europe will be doing just fine without it.
Britain needs Europe. Whether Europe needs Britain is not nearly so certain.
I've quite possibly written some of your textbooks. :-)
Thank you for that dazzling insight, (((Anonymous Coward))).
... nobody has any choice on how to consume media.
Fuck that piglet-on-the-teat nonsense.
I'm old-school. I read, or listen to music, or watch video.
No, he's spot on.
I tagged the story "unintelligent design", then saw this. :)
Carter is the only US President ever to participate personally in the decommissioning of a nuclear reactor.
"Personally" as in "He was inside the thing, in a protective suit, disassembling the innards."
Forever and always, my odd little friend.
Quoth the AC immediately preceding you,
If your friends won't talk to you unless you have an iOS device, you don't have any friends.
Seems oddly appropriate, somehow.
So did Conway Twitty. Your point being...?