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In reply to the discussion: FFS, why can't Britain just admit that leaving the EU was a dumb idea, driven by Putin and a handful [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)70. The UK's national poem is about a light cavalry brigade
that charged an entrenched heavy artillery battery across an open field, because of a mistake in the orders they were given, and were all slaughtered. And this is considered an awesome thing.
Unfortunately this is just part of John Bull's character.
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FFS, why can't Britain just admit that leaving the EU was a dumb idea, driven by Putin and a handful [View all]
ProfessorPlum
Aug 2019
OP
sure, but the same could be said about pretty much every country....including the U.S. /nt
sdfernando
Aug 2019
#6
or Guatemala or Honduras or Nicaragua...or any Central or South American nation.
Javaman
Aug 2019
#12
Why would Spain care if Scotland becomes a separate country and stays in the EU?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Aug 2019
#45
The only thing that's changed is that we're not in the heat of a Scottish independence referendum.
Denzil_DC
Aug 2019
#85
In 1,000,000 years there will be courses on the Laws of Unintentional Consequences
erronis
Aug 2019
#32
This is a good illuminating discussion. Perhaps our forms of governance are rigged?
erronis
Aug 2019
#35
I have so many tabs open to articles on Brexit..trying to understand what the hell is going on
asiliveandbreathe
Aug 2019
#23
well, there's the russian problem as many of the English power brokers are minipulated
yaesu
Aug 2019
#30
Britain now has a chief Brexiter as PM, so no they aren't going to say it was a mistake.
Doodley
Aug 2019
#41
The US is so painfully countrycentric that even when things are going relatively well
grantcart
Aug 2019
#90