I wish the UK would give her independence, establish border controls and sit back and watch Scotland implode in on itself.

Not very fair for those of us up here who don’t support the SNP and don’t wish to move. I’m banking on the fact that the Scottish Conservatives will keep holding Sturgeon’s feet very close to the fire.

I’m tired of the SNP MPs making us all look foolish with their pantomime displays and ‘gallus’ speeches in parliament.

9/11 ring any bells? Meddle?

The UK has had some shootings as well, if you insist on balancing the books.

Even though I ended with a question, end of discussion.

Nothing of value lost there.

At the same time I’m wondering if a US forumite is going to start an ‘Only in Europe’ thread in light of the latest terror atrocity in France? If the concept of such a thread seems tasteless, then perhaps this thread is tasteless to American posters? Perhaps it is always easier to solve a country’s problems remotely.

Is it a coincidence that he gaffe-prone Boris has been appointed the role of Foreign Secretary? May has taken one of the most vocally pro-Brexiters and put them in a position where they will do something embarrassing on the world stage. Perhaps she has given him enough rope to hang himself with? He is now in a position where one slightly archaic racial slur, one mistimed or misjudged tweet or one door-stepping journalist can kill a political career pretty swiftly… watch this space!

Relax…:)

We’re British. We don’t know how to.

In a very small minority of products surely…

…the iPad I’m typing this into was made in China…..like almost every other ‘high-end’ product!

I’m probably a bit biased as I tend to think about it in terms of audio and musical equipment. There is no reason for Chinese-made products to be inferior, but if you tell them you want an iPad, and you want them to cost £5 a unit then they will build something for you. Quite what that something is will be open to interpretation both at their and and yours! Retail websites like Trade Tang, Ali Express and Alibaba are replete with counterfeit and otherwise low-grade goods.

There’s a flaw there, You have just essentially said it’s not a left-right thing (and I agree).

Maybe I would be less assertive there; I think more that the decision to remain or leave the EU shouldn’t have been a left-right thing, and on reflection I am disappointed that the Brexit debate was so enthusiastically pigeonholed in this manner. The more I’ve thought about it the more I can think of arguments from both political sides that argue counter to the political orientation the Leave and Remain camps naturally fell into. If nothing else things would have been a lot more interesting if Corbyn had voiced some of his concerns about the EU.

I’m lucky in that I can avoid both ignorant racists and student ideologues as I go about my daily business. I wouldn’t choose to spend too much time with either.

This thread should be immediately taken off and the boyfriend kicked in the goulies.
As it is blatant abuse of a young lady, who has the courage to actually VOTE.

You cannot even make a joke about ill-informed voters without somebody chucking their toys out the pram. PC gone mad, I tell you!