BREXIT! BREXIT! BREXIT!

[Rum]

But that is amazing really. Those writers knew the truth which the tories have always denied and today is biting their arses.

What rubbish you post sometimes.

What is rubbish? Have you heard Moggsy? Cant you remember Thatcher? I can.

What? You were quoting Yes Minister, a funny but satirical comedy show and saying it was what UK policy to Europe was based on. It just isn’t the case but you hate the UK so much you just love throwing the shit around for the giggles.

More childish responses. FFS pull yourself together. It was UK policy for centuries: divide and rule.

Your predictable attempt at blustering your way out of a corner backfires again. The countries of Europe were, pretty much without exception, in constant rivalry with each other. War was considered a legitimate political tool and alliances shifted and changed all the time. Britain was no different in that respect than any other European nation. Even today, with the EU being the cause for ‘good’ I believe it to be, nobody is in it for anyone except themselves.

[Scot Dutchy]

Europe civilised but the UK still thought the old game was still worth playing. The UK is totally different to other EU states.

[Rum]

Europe civilised but the UK still thought the old game was still worth playing. The UK is totally different to other EU states.

Blah blah blah. Assertion assertion assertion. I’ve no idea what you are on about now. They are all different to each other.

[Brian Peacock]

No Rum - we're speshul

[Rum]

No Rum - we're speshul

We divide and conquer apparently. Unlike France under Napoleon or Germany under a certain little house painter. We are ‘different’ in that respect. What tosh that phoney Scot posts.

[Forty Two]

Europe civilised but the UK still thought the old game was still worth playing. The UK is totally different to other EU states.

Yes, totally different than Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia.... you know, all those super-awesome EU countries.

If Greece were a US State it would be North Dakota. Romania amounts to some of Florida. Czech Republic is like the State of Georgia.

The UK is small, but it has the fifth largest GDP in the world, meaning the only European country that beats it is Germany. UK has 3 times the conomy of the Netherregions.

I'd bet the UK-ers are perfectly happy being "totally different to other EU states."

[Forty Two]

Europe civilised but the UK still thought the old game was still worth playing. The UK is totally different to other EU states.

Blah blah blah. Assertion assertion assertion. I’ve no idea what you are on about now. They are all different to each other.

He means the UK stinks and the other EU countries are awesome. I mean.. .he means SOME of the EU countries... the western ones... you know, the northwestern ones..., except the UK -- the six countries, maybe seven - you know - the "civilized world."

When we talk about Europe, we don't mean, like, Romania or Greece or Bulgaria, etc... Those guys are are just in there to fill in the seats in the EU Parliament.

[Rum]

He certainly seems to have a Nordic take on what ‘Europe’ is. I think even France (incidentally my favourite European country) is a bit suspect to our Dutch Scot hybrid.

[rainbow]

Europe civilised but the UK still thought the old game was still worth playing. The UK is totally different to other EU states.

Yes, totally different than Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia.... you know, all those super-awesome EU countries.

If Greece were a US State it would be North Dakota. Romania amounts to some of Florida. Czech Republic is like the State of Georgia.

The UK is small, but it has the fifth largest GDP in the world, meaning the only European country that beats it is Germany. UK has 3 times the conomy of the Netherregions.

I'd bet the UK-ers are perfectly happy being "totally different to other EU states."

Yes like the Arkansas of Europe, following your analogy.

[Scot Dutchy]

I never read him. It is not worth opening his posts as they are all troll central approved.

[Forty Two]

Europe civilised but the UK still thought the old game was still worth playing. The UK is totally different to other EU states.

Yes, totally different than Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia.... you know, all those super-awesome EU countries.

If Greece were a US State it would be North Dakota. Romania amounts to some of Florida. Czech Republic is like the State of Georgia.

The UK is small, but it has the fifth largest GDP in the world, meaning the only European country that beats it is Germany. UK has 3 times the conomy of the Netherregions.

I'd bet the UK-ers are perfectly happy being "totally different to other EU states."

Yes like the Arkansas of Europe, following your analogy.

More like California.

California would be the world's fifth largest economy if it was a country. Florida is approximately Australia.

The superpower Russia is behind California, Texas and New York. Pennsylvania and Illinois combine to equate to Russia.

[rainbow]

Europe civilised but the UK still thought the old game was still worth playing. The UK is totally different to other EU states.

Yes, totally different than Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia.... you know, all those super-awesome EU countries.

If Greece were a US State it would be North Dakota. Romania amounts to some of Florida. Czech Republic is like the State of Georgia.

The UK is small, but it has the fifth largest GDP in the world, meaning the only European country that beats it is Germany. UK has 3 times the conomy of the Netherregions.

I'd bet the UK-ers are perfectly happy being "totally different to other EU states."

Yes like the Arkansas of Europe, following your analogy.

More like California.

California would be the world's fifth largest economy if it was a country. Florida is approximately Australia.

The superpower Russia is behind California, Texas and New York. Pennsylvania and Illinois combine to equate to Russia.

I wasn't talking about size of the economy, but rather the mentality of the Brexiteers.

[Brian Peacock]

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The UK is small, but it has the fifth largest GDP in the world, meaning the only European country that beats it is Germany. UK has 3 times the conomy of the Netherregions.

I described the UK as a 'middling economy'. It is in relative terms by GDP per head of population - snugly residing in the 3rd quintile. Just over 70% of nations reside within the 1st quintile php. In the absolute terms of GDP it is the seventh largest economy, but while that might seem like a top spot positionally, because it is a top spot positionally, we have to consider that the country in 3rd place, Japan, has an economy roughly a third of the USA and China at positions one and two, and that the UK's economy is roughly a fifth of the size of the big two. Yes, the UK's economy is roughly three times larger than the Netherlands, but the UK population is roughly four times as large so, unsurprisingly, the Netherlands has a more productive economy with a higher GDP per head of population. You can check the latest figures on the IMF website. So, remind me what the point was again?

[Forty Two]

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The UK is small, but it has the fifth largest GDP in the world, meaning the only European country that beats it is Germany. UK has 3 times the conomy of the Netherregions.

I described the UK as a 'middling economy'. It is in relative terms by GDP per head of population - snugly residing in the 3rd quintile. Just over 70% of nations reside within the 1st quintile php. In the absolute terms of GDP it is the seventh largest economy, but while that might seem like a top spot positionally, because it is a top spot positionally, we have to consider that the country in 3rd place, Japan, has an economy roughly a third of the USA and China at positions one and two, and that the UK's economy is roughly a fifth of the size of the big two. Yes, the UK's economy is roughly three times larger than the Netherlands, but the UK population is roughly four times as large so, unsurprisingly, the Netherlands has a more productive economy with a higher GDP per head of population. You can check the latest figures on the IMF website. So, remind me what the point was again?

That the UK doesn't have a middling economy, it has the second largest economy in the EU. And, it has about the 5th or the 7th largest economy in the world. There are 200 countries in the world, give or take. That ain't "middling." On a per capita basis the UK is 20th according to the IMF (2018), and 22 according to the world bank (2017), referring to nominal GDP. Also not middling.

[Brian Peacock]

Statistics aren't your strong point are they? You understand comparative league tables though, I give your that.