Is this the New Winston Churchill?

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Doc

Britain under threat from plot to create super-powerful EU president 'that will mean the end to nation states'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1u0O1z1V3

Britian is only in the EU to have a say at what happens on its door step. They wont go balls deep but they wont pull out. They dont want to give the power up but if it did - it could actually be stronger...

Britian is just backwards (imo) so many things done on the continent are better and if we wernt so arrogant we could learn allot from Europe. The fat cats and officials at the top just dont want someone in Brussels telling them how much they earn... Its the insulation from the channel all over again... That little strip of water has shaped this country so much...

We, in Britian, still drive on the wrong side of the road ffs...

[Sternjaeger II]

there are some idiosyncrasies and differences between the UK and Europe (and the rest of the world for the matter) that are just impossible to change.

The UK should stay an independent country for its own good, but it's obvious that on the long run sitting on the fence and barking at who's making policies will be considered annoying and uncommitted.

[5./JG27.Farber]

What good? We are not the British empire any more... Wake up.

[Sternjaeger II]

Empires are not economically and morally viable anymore, the UK did incredibly well in other sectors. This country flourished when it invested in R&D and finance, and the wealth generated by this was the engine that carried everybody else along.
This has changed lately and the result is a stalemate which can be even more dangerous if not addressed on time.

I believe the UK should stay well out of the Eurozone, but should really work better when it comes to economic interactions. The stupid naysaying attitude of this government and clowns like Farage aren't doing us a great deal of good

[Kodoss]

The problem of modern western economys is that they let go production in other countries and focus more on service. But that's the wrong way in my opinion, because a qualified worker in production earns more than some service worker. Also without production no service. Aslo without agriculture, no food on your table.

I don't call for "Protect your industry by taxes", just give them a frame in which they are able to compete with others. It would be also helpfull to change the productionlines to metric system. That would open a bigger market for selling.

But asking a british to change from inch to metric is like insulting them...

[bongodriver]

Try being British....you get to see threads full of this anti british crap all the time.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Try being British....you get to see threads full of this anti british crap all the time.

aaawww come on man, we don't live in a perfect country, but it's not about anti-British, when people make critics to things here they're questioning the principles, not the nationality of a policy. Especially in a country with such a broad variety of ethnies and social classes, the concept of "anti-British" is terribly anachronistic.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Try being British....you get to see threads full of this anti british crap all the time.

Aye, its "En Vogue" these days isn't it, strike a pose theres nothing to it.

Tsk Tsk, those EVIL nasty Brits....Who in fact HEROICALLY SACRIFICED EVERYTHING so that the World could be free. Yes, everything...Empire and all. Bankrupt, (not that money matters, we were making a Point)

If any one wants to understand what we are are all about, then listen to this beautiful rendition of the Poem "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Obstinate, Defiant, Bullish and English by the Grace of God.

I am become a Name.

A name of which I am Eternally Proud.

Get over it.

*Hehehe*

Gaffer, I thank thee.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Kodoss

The problem of modern western economys is that they let go production in other countries and focus more on service. But that's the wrong way in my opinion, because a qualified worker in production earns more than some service worker. Also without production no service. Aslo without agriculture, no food on your table.

this is a bit generalised. The main reason to move services and productions abroad is "to cut costs" they say, what they don't seem to keen on cutting it's their profit though.
Government allowed for this for too long, which surely helped other countries standing up economically (and slowly catching up with us), but on the flipside it allowed only a certain layer of society to get wealthier, sacrificing the well being of many others.
Some stuff we can't do without importing (such as food and veg), but one thing we could surely cut on is the insanity of wanting to have ALL the products all the way through the year, completely discarding the concept of seasonal produce in favour of "I want my strawberries in January and that's it!". I've seen some jewellery shop prices for some veg at our local Morrisons lately, and frankly I wonder what the hell are they actually thinking...

I don't call for "Protect your industry by taxes", just give them a frame in which they are able to compete with others. It would be also helpfull to change the productionlines to metric system. That would open a bigger market for selling.

But asking a british to change from inch to metric is like insulting them...

It's not a matter of metric or imperial, things here have changed according to what the Government wants (petrol used to be sold in gallons in the UK, now it's litres), it's a matter of assessing an economic policy that really keeps into account all social layers and provides people with a solid job opportunity.

[Kodoss]

I didn't ask that they have to give up completely on the inch system.
Gas and waterlines in germany are still in inches.
What I mean is that it would open more opportunities.