General News Thread

[bovril]

31 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Fair comment, though I plead guilty to any charge of pretence. My post was just addressing the charts in the article, not seeking to look at Brexit pros (?) and cons generally.

 

I also probably think less about freedom of movement as, through my Irish Dad, I was able to get Irish passports for myself and my daughter, so as to keep freedom of movement. Though I've not used my Irish passport yet - still used the British one, so far.

 

Come to think of it, there's a massive irony there: British people whose families have immigrated from other EU nations still keep freedom of movement, while "purer" Brits descended from the Normans and Anglo-Saxons don't. Though, to be fair, us Celts were here before them, anyway - our ancestors were mainly pushed across the Irish Sea by the Romans, I think? 

 

Perhaps the only fair solution to all the national identity/immigration issues is for all of humanity to return to its roots - and go back to living up trees in the Congo, from where I believe we first descended and started walking, thereby arguably becoming the human race. 

Sure, the comment was responding to the article and Brexit discourse in general, not your post.

 

Irish great grandparents for me. Not enough for a passport though possibly could've got me a place in the USA 94 squad...

Edited 6 hours ago by bovril

[Alf Bentley]

2 minutes ago, bovril said:

Irish great grandparents for me. Not enough for a passport though possibly could've got me a place in the USA 94 squad...

 

More qualified than Tony Cascarino, certainly.

[Trav Le Bleu]

40 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

Though, to be fair, us Celts were here before them, anyway - our ancestors were mainly pushed across the Irish Sea by the Romans, I think? 

 

The name Wales comes from an Old English word meaning, "foreigner."

Edited 6 hours ago by Trav Le Bleu

[bovril]

4 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

The name Wales comes from an Old English word meaning, "foreigner."

Typical English. Invade a place then complain everyone's speaking a foreign language 

[Foxdiamond]

7 minutes ago, bovril said:

Typical English. Invade a place then complain everyone's speaking a foreign language 

I suppose you could blame the Germanic tribes In the first instance