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Great Britain reckons with possible future as Little England
washingtonpost.com ^ | June 25, 2016 | Griff Witte and Dan Balz

Posted on 06/25/2016 11:06:59 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

For centuries, this modest little island in the North Sea has punched well above its weight on the international stage: It built a global empire, beat back the Nazi tide and stood shoulder to shoulder with the United States during a decades-long standoff with the Soviets.

But now that Britain has stunned the world with its decision to exit the European Union, experts say it will be focused inward for the foreseeable future.

“I don’t think there will be the capacity or the infrastructure to look outward in the next five years,” said Ian Kearns, director of the London-based European Leadership Network. “With all our diplomatic resources focused on extracting concessions from the E.U., we won’t be in anything other than reactive mode on other issues.”

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1 posted on 06/25/2016 11:06:59 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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experts say it will be focused inward for the foreseeable future.

As it should. Specifically, deporting Muslims who don't yet have citizenship and revoking the citizenship of those who have terrorist ties.

And enact serious welfare reform.

Same as we should do on this side of the pond.

2 posted on 06/25/2016 11:12:55 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Wrong.

Ian Kearns, director of the London-based European Leadership Network, is going to be focussed on finding a new job.

For Britain (however) it’s all business as usual.


3 posted on 06/25/2016 11:14:36 PM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The UK has about half the land area of California, but about 1.5 times the population.

The UK economy is slightly larger than California.


4 posted on 06/25/2016 11:14:47 PM PDT by truth_seeker (#NeverHillary#NeeverBernie)
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To: agere_contra
Wrong.
Ian Kearns, director of the London-based European Leadership Network, is going to be focussed on finding a new job.
For Britain (however) it’s all business as usual.
Banks begin moving some operations out of Britain
5 posted on 06/25/2016 11:20:57 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Forget not that they “stays” are unwilling to concede any anything. They didn’t get the result they wanted so of course it’s their right to stage a do-over.

Of course the “we won, you lost” argument doesn’t work on them because atop their shiny and morally superior pedestals of arrogated arrogance, we are the stupid unwashed and are incapable of plotting our own destinies, much less the operation of our nation. No, what is needed is the appointment of an unaccountable class of elites not elected by the aforementioned unwashed; dedicated to sucking as much grift out of the system as they can while the people of formerly diverse and formerly independent nations struggle to live up to the utopian ideals of the well-educated. This while they pay locally for the social costs of the imposition of unlimited immigration and while they pay for the remote imposition of endless classic Soviet-style restrictions of price controls and quotas and the like.

There is no directorship or person of current “stature” (other than Farage, Dellingpole, and perhaps a dozen others whose names escape me but ALL of whom are in “Brexit the Movie” ....not unlike our own Congress) that you will ever, ever hear from in support the “exit” vote because exactly like the global warming/climate change debate, ALL of the money and ALL of the “peer-reviewed” blather is on the other side. It is no more complicated than that.


6 posted on 06/25/2016 11:22:06 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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I just did the same quick research you did. Another way to say it: England is about the size of New York State and has about 53 million people. Wales and Scotland are not part of England.

Most folks don't realize how small England is.

My guess is the Brits were in a tough situation. It wouldn't take much more of an influx to obliterate England. Look at London.

This is WW3, and the Germans are winning. Is it really surprising that tradition-centered Brits voted out?

7 posted on 06/25/2016 11:24:56 PM PDT by grania
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As far as Britain’s place in the world is concerned, withdrawal from the EU will not immediately bring the whole edifice tumbling down, but it will weaken it, perhaps seriously and permanently.
8 posted on 06/25/2016 11:25:04 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Remember...no one ever heard of Englah before they joined the EU!


9 posted on 06/25/2016 11:31:19 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: grania

There was absolutely little to lose and far far more to gain for the UK to leave. You clearly have not researched the issue.


10 posted on 06/25/2016 11:32:09 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Are they still officially known as Great Britain? I thought they dropped that right during the 80s.


11 posted on 06/25/2016 11:32:18 PM PDT by Fhios (The U.S needs Hillary like a fish needs a bicycle.)
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To: Walkingfeather

I think you misunderstood my post. I was agreeing with England leaving the EU. It’s a much smaller country than most of us realize, and it wouldn’t take much more for it to totally lose its individual identity.


12 posted on 06/25/2016 11:36:27 PM PDT by grania
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hey, they still have Wales.


13 posted on 06/25/2016 11:47:05 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors)
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To: Mr. Mojo

They state the obvious in a manner trying to belittle it.

London is still the financial capital of the world and now Brussels gets no taxes off of that. Old money runs very deep in England.

I would like to see a North Atlantic alliance of sorts, excluding most of the Scandinavians countries. Perhaps just the Danes.


14 posted on 06/25/2016 11:49:32 PM PDT by Fhios (The U.S needs Hillary like a fish needs a bicycle.)
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” beat back the Nazi tide and ...”

I remember that day. The day when ENGLAND dropped the bombs.

My books must be wrong. Apparently the Enola Gay was RAF. I got the tail markings wrong.


15 posted on 06/25/2016 11:49:58 PM PDT by Celerity
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(NOTE) I’m not saying that Britain didn’t fight the Nazis to the ends of hell, but the WaPo’s words shouldn’t be taken optimistically.


16 posted on 06/25/2016 11:51:15 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: grania

Ah my apology for mis understanding.. my fault. I am sorry.


17 posted on 06/25/2016 11:59:44 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: Fhios
They state the obvious in a manner trying to belittle it.

Exactly. As if the desire to attend to one's own business is something worthy of only scorn. The Elites despise and fear those populist/nationalist sentiments, which is why Trump drives them completely mad.

18 posted on 06/26/2016 12:02:18 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Walkingfeather

No need to apologize, but thanks. It’s all part of talking out our original thoughts.


19 posted on 06/26/2016 12:03:24 AM PDT by grania
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Scottland and Ireland are not so aggressive towards England as in the past. I don’t see that the future is so dire for England for the UK does break up.


20 posted on 06/26/2016 12:07:08 AM PDT by Crucial
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