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OnDoutside

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14. The big elephant in the room is Brexit, or more to the point,
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:43 AM
Feb 10

a refusal to face up to what happened, how they got to this point, where they are in the world and where they would like to be.in the future. The Empire is long gone, but the hankering to return to something like that, fed into the Brexit campaign (the underlying "Taking back control&quot .

No one seems to have an appetite to openly push the narrative that they F**ked up and they should be having that conversation. Even those trying, largely speak about Rejoining, rather than Joining, as they would have to make a fresh application. It's not like they stepped out for a cigarette and are knocking at the door 10 years later.

If the UK hasn't had that conversation/discussion, I'm not sure how receptive the EU will be to accept them, as they nearly brought the EU down last time.

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The hatred for shithole and comrades is growing around the world............... Lovie777 Feb 10 #1
I don't take sides with the Brits on Starmer stollen Feb 10 #2
Austerity doesn't help center left politicians win elections AZProgressive Feb 10 #5
Isn't the monarchy supposed to be neutral? stollen Feb 10 #9
The chances of Andrew having access to state secrets are nil Emrys Feb 10 #21
Oil and gas people lately stollen Feb 10 #25
He was doomed the moment he became PM. RandySF Feb 10 #3
Worse than in the US?? stollen Feb 10 #7
I don't think there's the remotest chance of anyone attempting to bring down the monarchy muriel_volestrangler Feb 10 #11
If participation in a global pedophile ring.and stollen Feb 10 #15
Perhaps you overestimate how much the British identify Andrew as a central part of the monarchy muriel_volestrangler Feb 10 #18
Andrew was not always Eric Trump stollen Feb 10 #23
Nonono. After he left the Navy, his standing and reputation accelerated downhill Emrys Feb 10 #26
Yes, now I recall. Thanks for that. stollen Feb 10 #28
Supporters of the Royal Family come up with all sorts of reasons for keeping it Emrys Feb 10 #30
If not "hero" then "on the cusp of barely respectable" stollen Feb 10 #31
Replacing Starmer is the best thing Labour could do Emrys Feb 10 #22
The Labor Party JBTaurus83 Feb 10 #4
Thanks for your assessment stollen Feb 10 #6
And there lies the rub, as the Bard would say DFW Feb 10 #8
Individual country politics aside, as scary as they are, stollen Feb 10 #13
You're quoting the Tory leader there muriel_volestrangler Feb 10 #10
Brexit turned out to be a big mistake stollen Feb 10 #12
The big elephant in the room is Brexit, or more to the point, OnDoutside Feb 10 #14
No, we are not "close to kicking out the US from bases here per Greenland" muriel_volestrangler Feb 10 #17
Had the US military invaded Greenland, stollen Feb 10 #19
But we are not currently close to the US invading Greenland muriel_volestrangler Feb 10 #20
Not today. stollen Feb 10 #29
The last good UK PM was Jim Hacker! 😉 SocialDemocrat61 Feb 10 #16
All UK Prime Ministers have been unpopular in recent years JI7 Feb 10 #24
Much of the country realises that stollen Feb 10 #27
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