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Is The Idea Of The Historical Construct That Is The United Kingdom More Of A Hindrance Than A Help In Confronting The The Globally Changing Reality We Now Face?
England was overpopulated at the end of WW2 in terms of the cost of turning the UK into a socialist country. Since then the UK has been, with the advent of the the Welfare State, a socialist country with a mixed economy (part State part Private Sector)
Now England has become so distinctive in terms of it's human inundation that the continuation of the socialist experiment will without doubt bring the whole of the UK to the end of the post-war optimistic fantasy.
Now I think that the problems growing by the hour in England can only be solved by England leaving the Union. Our problems are not currently shared by the rest of the UK but that will not stay that way for long . In England the Malthusian dye has been cast . But there is still a chance for the others.
If England stands a chance our political decisions have to be made without a repugnant reaction from the rest of the UK.
That is why I believe the dissolution of the United Kingdom is now our only long-term survival option.
Now England has become so distinctive in terms of it's human inundation that the continuation of the socialist experiment will without doubt bring the whole of the UK to the end of the post-war optimistic fantasy.
Now I think that the problems growing by the hour in England can only be solved by England leaving the Union. Our problems are not currently shared by the rest of the UK but that will not stay that way for long . In England the Malthusian dye has been cast . But there is still a chance for the others.
If England stands a chance our political decisions have to be made without a repugnant reaction from the rest of the UK.
That is why I believe the dissolution of the United Kingdom is now our only long-term survival option.
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I doubt any country is overpopulate
10:21 Wed 27th Jan 2016
I think that you are falling into the trap of assuming that small geographical areas south of Scotland constitute England. London and the South-East are in themselves a powerful minority area, there are powerful pockets elsewhere - but there is a lot of England that remains England and I do not think it is yet unsalvageable. As ever, it is politics -but this time not representing the whole people. I have not yet given up hope. The time to stand up and be counted is coming, if there is the political will. A vote for Brexit would help. This is in my (sleepy) opinion. (I am half-Scottish, by the way.)
There are parts of England where the fabric of social cohesion are within a few strands of rupturing. Yet the SNP say Scotland needs immigration.
The English (SNP were adamant about that) Riots were a mere overture to the tragic opera that will follow.
Two countries bound by one political process wherein one can still influence the other who are yet increasingly facing almost an almost totally contradictory struggle for survival.
The English (SNP were adamant about that) Riots were a mere overture to the tragic opera that will follow.
Two countries bound by one political process wherein one can still influence the other who are yet increasingly facing almost an almost totally contradictory struggle for survival.
I doubt any country is overpopulated after a war unless they were immensely overpopulated before their war, or have taken an influx of invaders.
The UK and thus England as a part of there UK is hardly socialist. It is somewhere in the middle with a clear right wing flavour for many decades now. Most of the good social conscience works were brought in ages ago and of late the emphasis has been on taking away power from the "common" people and capitulating to the large global merchants and their friends.
Any country leaving the union would be mistaken at best. The UK is small enough to be considered a single unit without massive compromise yet large enough to gain strength from the unity. This is not a right wing / left wing political issue. It is, or should be, common sense.
It has to be accepted that in a democracy not everyone is going to agree, and there is likely to be occasions where there are different regional viewpoints. But one should accept one can not always have everything one demands and that one has to go along with the majority, not use this discontent as an argument to split into smaller and smaller, and weaker and weaker areas.
That said citizens from each country in the union should be treated equally and whilst there are national tiers of government in all but one, this is an unacceptable situation. Dopey work-arounds are also unacceptable. But seceding from the union is no realistic answer.
The UK and thus England as a part of there UK is hardly socialist. It is somewhere in the middle with a clear right wing flavour for many decades now. Most of the good social conscience works were brought in ages ago and of late the emphasis has been on taking away power from the "common" people and capitulating to the large global merchants and their friends.
Any country leaving the union would be mistaken at best. The UK is small enough to be considered a single unit without massive compromise yet large enough to gain strength from the unity. This is not a right wing / left wing political issue. It is, or should be, common sense.
It has to be accepted that in a democracy not everyone is going to agree, and there is likely to be occasions where there are different regional viewpoints. But one should accept one can not always have everything one demands and that one has to go along with the majority, not use this discontent as an argument to split into smaller and smaller, and weaker and weaker areas.
That said citizens from each country in the union should be treated equally and whilst there are national tiers of government in all but one, this is an unacceptable situation. Dopey work-arounds are also unacceptable. But seceding from the union is no realistic answer.
O.G. seemed to understand me well enough to get the gist of what I was on about and once again delivered an excellent response to earn the Best Answer.
I am not optimistic enough to see a bright future for the UK. I am not alone in thinking that the cracks that have opened up can be plastered over for good, though like O.G. of course I hope so.
Autistic? Not quite, try a touch of Asperger and you'd be pretty close.
I am not optimistic enough to see a bright future for the UK. I am not alone in thinking that the cracks that have opened up can be plastered over for good, though like O.G. of course I hope so.
Autistic? Not quite, try a touch of Asperger and you'd be pretty close.
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