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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, 10:43 AM
Yesterday

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