Quasit 849 Posted June 24, 2016 #81 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Sorry to say, but some of you are really simple-minded. To equate 52% of UK voters with "the English" is the same as saying the orange juice tasted awful while it actually contained 55% of oranges and 45% of at least 3 more different fruits. A close and split decision is always treated as "the nation has chosen". Stopped watching sports, there are better things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,564 Posted June 24, 2016 #82 Share Posted June 24, 2016 greece almost left because didn't have the potential and now UK leaves because having much potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konig 1,298 Posted June 24, 2016 #83 Share Posted June 24, 2016 3 hours ago, Quasit said: Sorry to say, but some of you are really simple-minded. To equate 52% of UK voters with "the English" is the same as saying the orange juice tasted awful while it actually contained 55% of oranges and 45% of at least 3 more different fruits. A close and split decision is always treated as "the nation has chosen". if you say this for me, i didnt say the 52% of the voters are english BUT in England wins "leaving" and in Scotland wins the "stay", Wales and North Ireland dont have many voters than England..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konig 1,298 Posted June 24, 2016 #84 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) summary Edited June 24, 2016 by konig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolleyRuller96 264 Posted June 25, 2016 #85 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Apparently some guy called James O'Malley crated a petition for Sadiq Khan to declar London independent and join EU and in 2 days it has over 120 thousand signatures Funny as it sounds, it just shows in how deep crisis the not-so-united-anymore Kingdom is right now, possibly even bigger then UE's crisis, with Scotland and NOrthern Ireland wanting to leave, trouble with Gibraltar and now this...https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-declare-london-independent-from-the-uk-and-apply-to-join-the-eu My favourite Volleyball position: LIBERO. You ask why? Look here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIOarNAONk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted June 27, 2016 #86 Share Posted June 27, 2016 On 25/06/2016 at 11:28, VolleyRuller96 said: Apparently some guy called James O'Malley crated a petition for Sadiq Khan to declar London independent and join EU and in 2 days it has over 120 thousand signatures Funny as it sounds, it just shows in how deep crisis the not-so-united-anymore Kingdom is right now, possibly even bigger then UE's crisis, with Scotland and NOrthern Ireland wanting to leave, trouble with Gibraltar and now this...https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-declare-london-independent-from-the-uk-and-apply-to-join-the-eu The UK is divided not least on a generational basis with the young voting strongly to stay and older people voting to leave. However, it worth remembering that when the UK last voted on this issue in 1974, England was the strongest supporter of EU membership followed by Wales and Northern Ireland with Scotland the least enthusiastic. 42 years later and that order is completely reversed. Scotland will have another referendum on independence but only if the SNP government is certain it can win it. They would still have to leave the EU though and apply for membership. Is that guaranteed given the views of some of the other countries, e.g. Spain? As for Northern Ireland there will be no referendum on either independence of Irish unification as there is simply too little support for either. I'm sure the UK And Irish Republic will work together to try and maintain an open border in so far as that is possible. As for Gibraltar this isn't actually part of the UK but a self-governing (except defence and foreign affairs) British Overseas Territory. The same old pattern will occur with both sides maintaining their intransigent positions. This will only change when Spain starts reaching out to Gibraltarians in a positive way instead of trying to bully them. In any event Gibraltar's future will be decided by its own people not by the Spanish Foreign Minister in Madrid making inflammatory statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted July 15, 2016 #87 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Shit has hit the fan in Turkey, fighter jets flying low over Ankara and Istanbul, military in the streets, bridges closed by armed soldiers etc. Rumours of both a military coup or an attack on the highest military authorities. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,140 Posted July 15, 2016 #88 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Someone has had enough with Erdogans shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,564 Posted July 15, 2016 #89 Share Posted July 15, 2016 22 h 14: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, denounced an "illegal attempt to overthrow the government" by "a part of the army." The population is expected to stay at home. A curfew was imposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,564 Posted July 15, 2016 #90 Share Posted July 15, 2016 10:33 p.m.: The Turkish military sources cited by Reuters, claim that the army took power. Erdogan is out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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