[justa-hairyape]

Actually it was the end of the last ice age that caused them to leave Europe. They will be reunited once again when the ice age returns.

[Winniesboy]

Actually it was the end of the last ice age that caused them to leave Europe.

Rather a weak argument, if I may say so. The conventional definition of a continent, of which Europe is one, includes all islands resting on that continent's shelf. The British Isles have therefore always been included in the geographical Europe.