howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
the union flag will soon be a thing of the past, as has been said here 3 countries of the union have their own parliaments or assembly.
just england that hasn't, the sooner we gain independence from the union the better as far as i am concerned.
Glue is made up of fairly gruesome ingredients, so I can only agree with Peter.............
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
Look, let's make a sensible approach: Australia is a federal Country. The Australians are about to put an end to the Windsor head in the Australian Parliament, Armed Forces and monetary system.
Does this mean that all the Australian federal states are about to split up and become independent from each other?
No! So why should it happen in Britain? Just scare-mongering!
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Ask an Orangeman why he calls himself a Loyalist and to what he is loyal.
Ask a member of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to whom he made his oath of allegiance.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Examine some of the Orange behaviour carried out in the name of that seat of loyalty. It cuts several ways and is as thorny and full of pomp and delusion as religion! And love of ones country is not dependent on affection for the head of state. For good or ill, Irish people are the most fervent people I know regarding their home country, and that is a republic.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
I am all for the Royal family,and it is good to see Barry's support because of course before those Norman's turned up,Harold Godwinson was our King,which makes me the Rightful King of England, sod the elections I could be King!
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
Why settle for Tower Hamlets when I can have the Kingdom lol
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,904
When abroad, unless they are asylum seekers, most people are fervent about their home country but are more critical when at home.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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From post #85, Bern, I can detect that while you may have rationalised any tendency to superstition or tribal behaviour in yourself, you have not managed to convince the Irish nation!
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
It will take a better man then me, Peter, to do that.............
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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That should be 'better man than I', Bern.
Greetings from Pedants' corner (again!).
By the way one of my ancestral family branches was the Garstins of Braganstown, Co. Louth, who were both ardent Church of Ireland Protestants and staunch republicans. Modern commentators on the Irish situation ignore the fact that they were by no means unique.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson