| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Swivel-eyed loons? | |
| Posted by: | Stewart Dean | |
| Date/Time: | 20/05/13 17:15:00 |
| "I want my England back" The thing is it was never yours in the first place. Or mine. We are, and always have been, a multicultural country. Our language is a collision of cultures with germanic elements mixing with latin words with a heavy dose of different languages added in. Beef and Cow for example. Or how about someone living in a bungalow in a cul-de-sac. Our national dish is curry, we eat kababs after a night out listening to music from all over the world and drinking lager form belgium and other european countries. As a country we punch above our weight because we have always had close ties with many countries, sometimes because we occupied, other times because we embraced their food, music or other elements of culture. The world service, home office, security services and military know have stretched us around the world. Our design and artistic ability means our abilities are in demand the world over so we loose some to other countries but we can also call in the skills from all over Europe for where we have gaps (and we have some major gaps). We punch above our weight but, as an isolated country, we will only wither and die. UKIP want to turn this country into a beer drinking, chain smoking meat and potato filled back water at a time the west is being superseded by India, China and other up and coming countries. Europe remains our life raft and people like UKIP want to say we can do without it. That is downright crazy in my view. |