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[RedKing]

Ukip is calling Theresa May, after latest Brexit shenanigans, 'Treason May.'

It took them this long to figure that nickname out?

Well, this *is* UKIP we're talking about. Nigel was the genius of the party. Without him, their memes are so dank they're positively frozen.

[hector13]

Ukip is calling Theresa May, after latest Brexit shenanigans, 'Treason May.'

It took them this long to figure that nickname out?

Only a little bit longer than the amount of time it took May to figure out what she’s doing.

Even then, it took her five hours to convince what’s left of her cabinet to back the deal she’s figured out, despite protest from various, non-cabinet members of her own party and the DUP, which is propping up her government.

I expect bad shizzle in the near future.

[redwallzyl]

It's almost like this was a bad idea.

[RedKing]

You ever wonder if David Cameron is sitting somewhere watching all this, sipping a whiskey neat, and thinking "Jesus Christ am I glad that insufferable tart got stuck with this steaming pile and not me."

Oh...a quick research indicates he's thinking of making a return to UK politics. Predictably, most people are like "PLZ NO, GO KILL URSELF KTHXBYE".

Also, this article from the Daily Express is a riot, insinuating that Brexit was all secretly some diabolic plot by Angela Merkel to....get Britain to do something really stupid all on its own?

[scriver]

EuroCorps is basically just NATO minus the US.

No. A European military would be the equivalent of the US military forces as opposed to the military forces of the individual states.

I guess that would come down to chain of command. If the component militaries no longer have direct chain of command to their respective nations, then yeah. I'm guessing it would be something more like NATO where there's a dual authority, shared between national military command structures and a supranational command. Neither Merkel nor Macron is going to hand over the reins of the Landswehr or the FAF solely to Brussels.

Your mistake is not understanding that Brussels is Merkel and Macron.

[Kagus]

Your mistake is not understanding that Brussels is Merkel and Macron.

As the primary talking pieces of the coalition, they are known as the Brussels spouts.

[ChairmanPoo]

Your mistake is not understanding that Brussels is Merkel and Macron.

As the primary talking pieces of the coalition, they are known as the Brussels spouts.

You mean nipples?

[TD1]

So far as the brexit draft is concerned, I find myself glad that I voted for the DUP.

This has never happened before.

Further, I am grateful for the weak position May's election campaign left her in.

[Loud Whispers]

Northern Ireland save us from the ides of May

[TD1]

And isn't that a depressing sentiment?

It is up to NI to avert May Day?

[Loud Whispers]

And isn't that a depressing sentiment?

It is up to NI to avert May Day?

History of the British Isles:
Everyone: ENGLAND NO

[Rowanas]

And isn't that a depressing sentiment?

It is up to NI to avert May Day?

History of the British Isles:
Everyone: ENGLAND NO

Sadly, this seems to be very much the case.  England makes decisions that fuck us all, and we get fucked.  If we're going down the road of increasingly insular and xenophobic Britain, I'd like to move that we melt down the Union for scrap.

[Loud Whispers]

Donald Trump accuses confused Baltic leaders of starting the Balkan wars
The geography memes jack

*EDIT

If we're going down the road of increasingly insular and xenophobic Britain, I'd like to move that we melt down the Union for scrap.

I will agree on one condition: the shard is melted down and replaced with a giant clock tower. Also we revive the Heptarchy and ultimately get annexed by the Isle of Mann. The one condition is a two-parter

[TD1]

I fail to see how leaving a political and economic - soon to also be militaristic - Union is both xenophobic and insular. I can understand why you would think the latter - we are leaving something greater than ourselves. But that doesn't change the fact that the EU is 'insular', only on a larger scale.
As for xenophobia, I thought "hurr durr Leavers are racist xenophobes" had blessedly died a death. But apparently not.

Edit: heptarchy is fine by me, but plz no Gaelic... 'Kings' over here. Those guys were.douches.

[Loud Whispers]

I fail to see how leaving a political and economic - soon to also be militaristic - Union is both xenophobic and insular. I can understand why you would think the latter - we are leaving something greater than ourselves. But that doesn't change the fact that the EU is 'insular', only on a larger scale.
As for xenophobia, I thought "hurr durr Leavers are racist xenophobes" had blessedly died a death. But apparently not.

It will never die m8, same way as creating a permanent immigrant underclass is anti-racist, same way as handing away your sovereignty to the EU is democracy, same way as not hitching your nation to the EU's world hegemony bid is isolation. The perspective difference is fundamental, and fundamental to why we come to different conclusions when reviewing the same information. The key to moving forwards is respecting one another's perspectives despite their irreconcilability, if only to remind each other that we are all humans stuck on the same ship

Edit: heptarchy is fine by me, but plz no Gaelic... 'Kings' over here. Those guys were.douches.

How do you feel about Norwegian pirates