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ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816 |
Our (also non-EU) view of the UK has not changed at all. You still remain an abundantly tattood group of people who are keen on defrauding Spanish hotels with falsified food poisoning claims. You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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14th Sep 2017 8:47am |
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MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 |
+1 A passionate Brit who agrees with 90% of the sentiment... Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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14th Sep 2017 12:19pm |
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mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769 |
Eric I can't tell if your joking with some of the comments you have started making about the British lately? I hope it's just joking and these aren't your true views of my fellow countrymen. Ray My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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14th Sep 2017 2:56pm |
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ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816 |
Don't worry, I'm not generalising at all. But threads like this is asking for comments with a twist.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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14th Sep 2017 3:07pm |
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BLACK LAB Member Since: 07 Dec 2016 Location: AYRSHIRE Posts: 165 |
What is the actual point in a French army ? 2006 DEFENDER 90 TD5 CSW XS 2018 RANGE ROVER SPORT HSE DYNAMIC |
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14th Sep 2017 4:05pm |
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David T Member Since: 01 Sep 2016 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 190 |
⬆️ That's exactly what King Harold said just before getting one in the lamps 🏹
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14th Sep 2017 5:04pm |
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sharkey964 Member Since: 05 Oct 2014 Location: On a muddy track Posts: 574 |
I wish I could have writen that. Marc |
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14th Sep 2017 5:09pm |
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Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4209 |
I'm beginning to think that starting this thread was not the wisest thing. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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14th Sep 2017 5:51pm |
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Disco_Mikey Member Since: 16 Nov 2014 Location: Dundee Posts: 531 |
I'd take anything the Torygraph says with a pinch of salt |
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14th Sep 2017 6:07pm |
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David T Member Since: 01 Sep 2016 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 190 |
I posted that before the paper arrived and added the picture later. It would indeed be a fool who formed their opinions based upon a single newspaper article, as it would also be foolish to vote in an election or referendum after reading only one party's manifesto.
( I read The Guardian and Yorkshire Post too, nobody can say I'm biased 😉 ) |
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14th Sep 2017 9:02pm |
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22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3149 |
Interesting thread!
I have lots of friends in Europe, mainly Germany but also the Scandinavian states. The majority are somewhat jealous regarding Brexit, they don't like the EU and want to leave too, wishing they could have their own referendums. Oddly, it seems mainly to be British people I know foaming at the mouth about us leaving, which is kind of strange. Personally I love Europe (the place) and the people, but not so much the EU, so I try my best to make a distinction between the two. The only Europeans I know who are vehemently anti-EU are a German couple I know, they are very left wing leaning and seem to believe in big governments, lovely people but I can't say I agree with them. 2011 110 USW 1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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15th Sep 2017 8:14pm |
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Lateralus Member Since: 05 Jan 2016 Location: Ohio Posts: 185 |
Many of us the United States were happy to see the British take more control back. Politicians here and in Europe seem hell bent on having social experiments with clashing cultures. Stories I hear out of Sweden and Germany are mind boggling with respect to crime. Stories I hear about threats from authorities in Britain if you speak out against certain things sound outlandish. Then I come here and no one is talking about it. It's either fiction or suppressed information or Europeans are too passive.
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16th Sep 2017 5:26am |
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Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1017 |
And Charlottesville was? Fake news? Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
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16th Sep 2017 7:37am |
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LoveTheMud Member Since: 19 Feb 2015 Location: Weybridge Surrey & Pontefract West Yorkshire Posts: 411 |
In a perfect world, there wouldn't be walls or even borders, just free movement, but that would require society to work collaboratively for the growth of all individuals rather than friends or corporations.
I don't think there was anyone who said the Eu was perfect, it was and is corrupt, with many back-handers and agreements that benefit the same companies and people with the control in the first place, but it was always better to be in the EU than not. Whilst in Italy on my honeymoon earlier this year, everyone mentioned Brexit when we said we were British, and everyone of the Italian people we spoke to who mentioned it, of all ages, said they too want out. I was shocked that not a single person was against it, but it might have been the places we were going to. Certainly a lot of very wealthy Americans seemed to support the decision also. In truth, I think Italy will watch carefully how well the negotiations between the EU & Britain go, and decide based on that. I still don't think any nation will leave in the next 5 years though, too short a timeframe. To remove the corruption, the walls and the borders, which help the richest staying rich, you have to remove the tax system as we know it, as complication only allows the rich to abuse and the poor to be confused. No personal tax up to £50k if you have assets over £1million, and if you have assets over £1million, then 50% tax rate on all income with no benefits and no allowances. When they dropped the corporation tax, more tax was paid...despite everyone saying it would bring in less tax. Imagine that, lower tax rates, more personal money in circulation, more confidence, more business, more payment, more tax. Rant over..... |
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16th Sep 2017 9:38am |
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