[Benson_Carter]

so if it costs a ton of $$$ to stay there, and they don't really want to be there, and polls show that blokes back home across the pond don't want to be a part of that mess anymore, please explain why they haven't packed up and gone home post haste.

[slhill]

Didn't you read the second half of my post? Because they don't want to spark a civil war, that's why!

[slhill]

Question for you: why do *you* think that they are still there?

[NH Liberty]

"so if it costs a ton of $$$ to stay there, and they don't really want to be there, and polls show that blokes back home across the pond don't want to be a part of that mess anymore, please explain why they haven't packed up and gone home post haste."

Because many (most?) of the people who live there wish to remain part of the UK.