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Britain Has Lost Itself [View all] Zorro Jan 2021 OP
This is very sad to read.... and troubling.... secondwind Jan 2021 #1
Largely sums up the US too luv2fly Jan 2021 #2
Exactly. My grandfather, & uncles fought the Nazis & would be heartbroken to see OUR country today hlthe2b Jan 2021 #3
My Dad was a Navy Chief in WWII RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #28
That's the US under trump. Biden will re-establish our relationships with... brush Jan 2021 #4
That's exactly what I was thinking as I was reading the article. denvine Jan 2021 #10
BoJo's Father, Stanley Applies For French Citizenship: Brexit Divided Johnson Family appalachiablue Jan 2021 #5
And Stanley's grand-father, Boris Johnson's great-grandfather, TheRickles Jan 2021 #11
Yes, Trump's mother was a Scottish wnylib Jan 2021 #16
Boris also has American, Jewish & German ancestry, a appalachiablue Jan 2021 #20
citizen of nowhere.. stillcool Jan 2021 #6
Putin tiptonic Jan 2021 #7
I doubt if Putin envisions himself as world emperor. RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #8
Agree. He'd much rather pull the strings from a distance. Plenty of stupids out there: Bolsanaro, erronis Jan 2021 #18
If Russia as THE world power is Putin's dream, wnylib Jan 2021 #19
You're right about China. RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #23
I used to think that Trump would keep wnylib Jan 2021 #24
I doubt there are many "experts on geopolitics" RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #25
These scenario projections remind me wnylib Jan 2021 #26
That's the very structure of Orwell's 1984 RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #27
Thanks. I couldn't remember if it was 1984 wnylib Jan 2021 #29
I first read them both more than 60 years ago RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #30
Oh dear. Your memory functions wnylib Jan 2021 #31
That's my secret! RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #33
I"ve re-read a number of books wnylib Jan 2021 #34
Books are burdens we all must bear! RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #35
Truly sad, & they will pay a heavy economic price. CaptainTruth Jan 2021 #9
I have always imagined how amazing EU citizenship would be. Politicub Jan 2021 #12
Too many Karl Pilkingtons on the island. paleotn Jan 2021 #21
Or they found themselves. Mosby Jan 2021 #13
The only good thing to come of this.... paleotn Jan 2021 #14
It's passed time to shame the anti-democratic morons out of the government mdbl Jan 2021 #15
I keep hearing this from multiple people in the UK GoneOffShore Jan 2021 #17
They Were Warned Skeptical Thomas Jan 2021 #22
"Inward, polarized and absurdly self-aggrandizing...". Sounds sadly, tragically, like America. nt Hekate Jan 2021 #32
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