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I wonder if anyone’s ever tried to belong to more than one religion. I mean, you could a Muslim on Friday, a Jew on Saturday, a Christian on Sunday and and an atheist for the other four days!
They can’t cancel the Games b55, they can only refuse to host them. Authority lies with the International Olympic Commitee and they would simply hold them somewhere else, even at late notice.
The only organisation with any authority in China is its government. They can stop the games being held anywhere in China and it will soon be too late to organise an alternative venue. Saving face is very important to Chinese culture and if they think there’ll be a large scale boycott of the Olympics they’ll cancel them first, possibly on the grounds of national security.
The last thing we expected a month or two ago was serious civil unrest in China.
I think we are already into a risk zone re the Olympics.If the Chinese government is contemplating crushing Tibet protests in a Tienanmen fashion, they’re prefectly capable of cancelling the Olympics. I reckon that’s what will happen – as soon as any widespread boycott of the Olympics appears on the radar, China will make the first move and cancel the games.
I don’t have a caravan although I’d quite like the idea. I never get very bothered by caravans on the road. As long as they’re towed by something substantial that’s up to the job in terms of power and weight they generally keep up a reasonable pace. Remember they are limited to 60mph on motorways and 50mph on single carriageways.
I’m always more annoyed by impatient drivers behind me than slow ones in front – and I’m not a slow driver, I just generally obey the speed limits. When I was a heavy goods driver, years ago, I was never bothered by caravans. What does bother me a bit is farmers using tractors and trailers to move goods over medium distances just to save on hiring a lorry.
I like the idea of a trailer tent. There you get a bed area with a proper floor and a tent upper section, plus a big tent extension that you can add if you’re doing more than an overnight stop.
A good designer would be able to make a flag incorporate all the right things and still look wonderful. You just don’t want the Welsh dragon!
In an earlier post I said I’m a quarter Welsh and quarter Irish by ancestry – I said it’s a pity Wales isn’t represented in the national flag and the red dragon (ddraig goch) flag is an excellent design.
But I don’t think it could be incorporated in the Union flag unless it’s either very small, implying Wales is insignificant, or plastered in the middle, implying Wales takes precedence.
If it is placed in one corner, as a ‘quarter’, then the English, Scottish and ancient Irish crosses are no longer crosses and thus meaningless.
British Nationalism, British National, British National Party. Our? If “our”, then were all BNP.
You’re just playing with words. Does that mean anyone who works (i.e labours) must be members of the Labour Party!
The Union Flag symbolises The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Most of us know that its elements come from the countries that went to make up the UK, but now it just stands for the UK. Even as a anti-monarchist leftie pro EU, that still symbolises our country and I’m glad it’s been rescued from the bonehead fascist tendency.OK, the current Welsh flag wasn’t around when the Union Flag was designed and maybe it’s a pity that Wales isn’t somehow included. However the Welsh dragon is the best looking of UKs sub-national flags and stands out in its own right. On purely aesthetic terms it would spoil the Union flag if they tried to incorporate the dragon as the two strong designs would conflict and dilute the overall effect.
Just because the actual term ‘British National Party’ sounds reasonable, that doesn’t mean that what the party stands for is reasonable. ‘Socialist Workers’ Party’ sounds reasonable, too. In itself, National Socialism sounds fairly inoffensive too, but that (or its German equivalent) is what the term Nazi is derived from. Muslim Brotherhood might sound a bit alien but it doesn’t sound extreme – but they were part of the inspiration behind the likes of Al Qaeda (which means something like ‘the base’) What’s in a name?
As for the Scotland thing and Scots complaining about the English settling in Scotand – as well as Brown and Darling in government now, Tony Blair is Scottish – his predecessor the Late John Smith was Scottish. The previous Lib Dem leader, Ming Campbell is Scottish, as was his predecessor, Charles Kennedy.
We have accounts with NatWest (now Royal Bank of Scotland) and Halifax (now HBOS – Halifax Bank of Scotland) We used to have our electric from Southern Electricity, which became Scottish and Southern Electricity.
And, remember, the United Kingdom was formed when James 6th of Scotland took over the English throne and moved his throne from Edinburgh to London. So we’re all Scottish really LOL.
The town of Corby in Northants had so many Scottish settlers in the 1930’s that local children grew up with a Scottish accent andprobably still do.
What do English nationalists have to say about Cornwall? Cornish ‘nationalists’ accept that Cornwall is part of the UK not part of England. Apparently there has never been any act, decree or charter that has officially incorporated Cornwall into England.
What if Wessex or East Anglia want to become independent?
Think of the old USSR. First of all it lost its ‘Iron Curtain’ East European satellite states.
Next, the Baltic states left the USSR. Then Russia left the USSR, which effectively ended the USSR. Then Chechnya, which is part of Russia, tried to break away.and while I would NEVER suggest the settlers for their ” wee but and ben” the oil rig workers ,the tax exiles of Tree planting to save a fortune in Norweigan Spruce’s in a full field.The Doctors in Scotland with a Home Counties accent,as we DO have the GREATEST medical school in the world in MY home town. The Islands and Highlands for the infiltration of green wellied hippy’s. and the greater majority of both.St andrews and Edinburgh !
Meanwhile the tartan mafia are in control at No10 and No11 Downing Street and messing up the whole of Britain!!!! :P
Like it or not, English doctors in Scotland or Scottish prime ministers at Westminster are, surprise, surprise, just British people living and working in Britain.
There are lots of British people living in Eire too. Since Southern Ireland was part of the United Kingdom until 1922, British and Irish people have a considerable shared ancestry. I’m half English, a quarter Welsh and a quarter Irish by ancestry and I consider myself to be British. I’ve no time for English, Scottish or Welsh nationalism – from Land’s End to John O’Groats, from St. David’s to Lowestoft, our land is BRITAIN and we should be proud of it. The only sad thing is that Britain should be a republic and not a monarchy!
