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Originally posted by sasguru View PostNot only have they preserved their manufacturing industry, but also their farming industry by insisting on EU CAP subsidies. Plus they are now the leaders in the civil nuclear industry.
If it all goes Pete Tong, France can feed itself, can Britain?
I know DA bangs on about "sclerotic" EU economies - but the bottom line is - if you can't feed yourself, everything else is moot.
We have been lied to by successive governments,both Tory and Labour, to believe we are better off than we are.
you're a little ray of sunshine these days sg!
Don't worry, be happy I say!
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Originally posted by NetwkSupport View PostOui, the uk is fooked.
The only thing we could rely on after being a financial giant was our engineering expertise and education has gone down the pan in the last decade or so so we are no longer the forefront of god damn anything!
If we handle it right, it could be very lucrative in the years to come. But we've screwed up every other induistry we've lead the world in before so I don't see any reason for optimism this time round.
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Originally posted by expat View Post395/sq km for England vs 393 for NL (253 for UK as a whole).
Anyway, there's plenty of space oop north if you're not too much of a woofter.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostNope. Malta and the Netherlands have a higher population density. There are a lot of dense people in the UK though, judging by Mr Brown's polling figures.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostFrance has a much lower population density than the UK. More natural resources if the world collapses into anarchy
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France has a much lower population density than the UK. More natural resources if the world collapses into anarchy, the UK is far too full.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostNot only have they preserved their manufacturing industry, but also their farming industry by insisting on EU CAP subsidies. Plus they are now the leaders in the civil nuclear industry.
If it all goes Pete Tong, France can feed itself, can Britain?
I know DA bangs on about "sclerotic" EU economies - but the bottom line is - if you can't feed yourself, everything else is moot.
We have been lied to by successive governments,both Tory and Labour, to believe we are better off than we are.
I think we should join them and become protectionist. Lets all do it and see how the frogs get on then.
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostWe are the European leader in population density, though.
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Originally posted by NetwkSupport View PostOui, the uk is fooked.
The only thing we could rely on after being a financial giant was our engineering expertise and education has gone down the pan in the last decade or so so we are no longer the forefront of god damn anything!
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Oui, the uk is fooked.
The only thing we could rely on after being a financial giant was our engineering expertise and education has gone down the pan in the last decade or so so we are no longer the forefront of god damn anything!
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Yes - they strive to mantain their identity, and now they even have a bigger economy.
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Originally posted by London75 View PostThey do consistently still deposit tulips in holes in the floor though. Frequently I've found (and I did live there for a year) you can leave a restaurant and see yesterday's dinner floating in a nearby ditch too which I always found particularly pleasant.
I'd sacrifice a healthy economy (which theirs isn't anyway) for quality sanitation.
That said, I'm off there tomorrow for a little break.
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They do consistently still deposit tulips in holes in the floor though. Frequently I've found (and I did live there for a year) you can leave a restaurant and see yesterday's dinner floating in a nearby ditch too which I always found particularly pleasant.
I'd sacrifice a healthy economy (which theirs isn't anyway) for quality sanitation.
That said, I'm off there tomorrow for a little break.
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