The End of Britain

[EternalOptimist]

The decline is not over by a long way. And it might turn violent yet.

I often wonder what the cost of corruption is.

[Troll]

Is this the Daily Mail thread?

[OwlHoot]

I've not read the whole article (it's loooong!!), but... does it matter if the stock market falls 50 percent as long as it recovers before I need to start drawing my pension?

Did you read as far as the bit about nationalising private pensions?

Recession or not, BTL boom or not, people still need petrol for their cars, telephone services, medicines, computers, utilities, and various other essentials, ...

most of which are imported, including a large proportion of our food.

So with a big trade deficit, that means net payments to other countries with money the UK increasingly doesn't have ...

[LatteLiberal]

Not only was it the greatest empire ever, in terms of power and extent
but the greatest acheivement was that it managed it's own decline in such a delicate and nice way.

That NEVER happened before. that was/is a triumph of civilisised behaviour

anyone who has any sense of history would be damned proud to be British

It was hardly an empire, I think the british have rose tinted spectacles, the Roman Empire was magnificent and went down with real fight. The British empire lasted until someone said boo, and told them to get to fook.

[minestrone]

It was hardly an empire, I think the british have rose tinted spectacles, the Roman Empire was magnificent and went down with real fight. The British empire lasted until someone said boo, and told them to get to fook.

The Romans struggled to get past the north side of Glasgow, they built 2 walls to keep us back.

[minestrone]

Only defensive mode the Romans adopted in a teritory, picts used to charge them, lob a few italian arms off and by the time the Romans had formed defensive poistions the hairy arsed scots had bolted up a hill.

[minestrone]

2000 years later and Glasgow is still pretty much the same.

[escapeUK]

The older I get the more time I have for Britain.

The older I get the more I hate what it has become and how it has been ruined by the lefties.

Will be reading the article this morning though.

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

The older I get the more I hate what it has become and how it has been ruined by the lefties.

Well said that man.

[OwlHoot]

...The British empire lasted until someone said boo, ...

until it stopped being profitable to the UK, and became a net drain, which was about 1880 ..

Thereafter it was just habit, and people not keeping up with the reality.