[-] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

I don't get it. ~~If you're an immigrant who's already made it to the EU,~~ why would you want to go to England in the first place?

As a Brit, that's better.

Jokes aside, here's a couple of reasons I can think off the top of my head.

  1. English is really common for people to speak as a second language. More likely to be drawn to a country where they have some chance of being able to communicate.

  2. they may have friends or family already here (maybe who've chosen the UK due to point 1). People are far more likely to go somewhere where they already know people.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

My point was we have so few cards to play we kind of have to play hard ball with them. Once they're gone, we'll have nothing left that the EU needs from us, but still have a ton of stuff we still need. We need to squeeze every last little bit out of the little we have.

Or our politicians could actually start to admit that we can't get a better deal, and openly say Brexit was a mistake. Then we can start the long road back.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Your house probably had a loft extension to add another floor, or you live in one of those tall townhouses that are three stories so they can fit more over priced new builds onto a tiny estate with no parking.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

In the UK most lifts have a G for ground floor.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

We've got like 3 things (Eurasmus, youth mobility and agreements on defence) the EU want from us, and dozens of things we need from the EU. Of course he's going to play hard to get with those couple of things.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Must do as I can see the post. Maybe there's some kind of technical issue that causes the delay. Maybe reach out to the admins of . world?

[-] [email protected] 102 points 1 month ago

I'd use 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

[-] [email protected] 170 points 2 months ago

In the UK we call it a dead cat strategy.

There is one thing that is absolutely certain about throwing a dead cat on the dining room table – and I don’t mean that people will be outraged, alarmed, disgusted. That is true, but irrelevant. The key point, says my Australian friend, is that everyone will shout, ‘Jeez, mate, there’s a dead cat on the table!’ In other words, they will be talking about the dead cat – the thing you want them to talk about – and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief.[1]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy

[-] [email protected] 109 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I entered into an agreement with a car manufacturer to be able to sell their cars in the UK. After I had people place orders (and pay) for a bunch of them the manufacturer decided that they were no longer supplying cars to the UK. Forcing me to issue my customers with refunds.

[-] [email protected] 101 points 4 months ago

So as a likley post menopausal human. JK Rowling no longer belongs to the 'sex class woman' and likely has no 'sex class'.

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